Mackenzie Mcdonald overcomes Rinky Hijikata 4-6 7-6(4) 6-2 in the 1st round in Newport on Tuesday. Mcdonald will face off with Billy Harris in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 12 minutes. His best achievement in this competition was reaching the quarter in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
The American added to his prize money $ 4,515 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 11,610 after this win. If he wins the next match, the American will add $ 8,385 to his earnings to get in total $ 19,995 in total.
Highlights Mackenzie Mcdonald vs. Rinky Hijikata Infosys Hall of Fame Open – Newport
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Mcdonald scored 101 points vs. Rinky’s 90.
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Mackenzie didn’t lose the focus when converting 54% of the break points that he procured (7/13
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On the other side, the Australian was pretty good at converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (6/12). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Mcdonald and Hijikata is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Mackenzie Mcdonald vs. Billy Harris – stats
Mcdonald will play Harris in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Mackenzie Mcdonald and Billy Harris since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Mcdonald conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Rinky Hijikata in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. However, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Hijikata to win the set because Mcdonald succeeded in breaking back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (4-3) game. Hijikata maintained his focus to break Mackenzie in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th (6-4) game.
Rinky failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 40.
Mackenzie was dominated in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-4 to 6-4. Notwithstanding also the American won 4 consecutive games from 0-3 to 4-3
The Australian was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (3-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). In addition on the other side, Mackenzie was unerring in converting all his break points in the 4th (1-3 40-A), the 6th (3-3 30-40), the 9th (4-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (3-6 30-40).
They contested 74 points. Hijikata was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than Mcdonald (39-35). The Australian dropped 20 points on serve (26-20). Regarding the other side of the net, Mcdonald conceded 13 points on serve (15-13).
Mcdonald had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Rinky Hijikata in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, the American was not done to come back to break the Australian in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (3-4) game before winning the set (7-6).
Mackenzie was on the money in converting all his break points in the 5th (1-3 15-40) and the 7th game (2-4 0-40). Also, on the other side, the Australian was on the money in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40) and the 6th game (3-2 40-A).
They contested 73 points. Mcdonald was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than Rinky (40-33
). Mcdonald conceded 20 points on serve (30-20). on the other side of the court, the Australian conceded 10 points on serve (13-10).Mcdonald was more solid than the Australian and without too much hustling he won 6-2. Rinky broke the American in the 3rd (2-1) game. However, Mcdonald broke his opponent in the 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (2-4) and in the 8th (2-6) game, but that didn’t prevent his to win the set (6-2).
The Australian was powerless in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-2 to 6-2.
The American converted 50% of his break points (3/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (3-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40). Also, on the other side, Rinky converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 5th game (2-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 44 points. Mcdonald was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than the Australian (26-18). The American surrendered 10 points on serve (13-10). on the other side of the court, Rinky conceded 13 points on serve (8-13).
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