Alexandre Muller surprises Arthur Fils 3-6 6-3 6-1 in the quarter in Hong Kong on Friday in what was an all-French player clash. Muller will fight against Jaume Antoni Munar Clar in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 51 minutes.

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Muller's Record

Muller added to his prize money $ 14,925 after winning this match. He has already won $ 35,480 until now in this tournament. If he wins the next match, Alexandre will add $ 24,870 to his earnings to get in total $ 60,350.

Highlights Alexandre Muller vs. Arthur Fils Hong Kong Tennis Open – Hong Kong

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Muller
Fils
3-6 6-3 6-1
1h:51
84
84
Total points
74
74
41
41
Winners
21
21
49%
49%
Ratio Winners
28%
28%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
3
3
1
1
Double Faults
9
9
64%
64%
1st in
45%
45%
72%
72%
1st won
68%
68%
41/57
41/57
1st won
21/31
21/31
44%
44%
2nd won
50%
50%
14/32
14/32
2nd won
19/38
19/38
-- Break Points --
5/8
5/8
Total
2/13
2/13
63%
63%
Won
15%
15%
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At the end of the match, Alexandre scored 84 points vs. Fils’s 74.

Muller

Alexandre was pretty effective at converting 63% of the break points that he procured (5/8).

Fils

On the other side, Fils wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 15% – 2/13). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Muller and Fils is 2-0 for Alexandre.

Draw and next match H2H: Alexandre Muller vs. Jaume Antoni Munar Clar – stats

Muller will play Antoni Munar Clar in the semifinal.

This will be the 5th time that Alexandre Muller and Jaume Antoni Munar Clar clash against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Antoni Munar Clar (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Antoni Munar Clar won 6-4 6-4 in the semifinal in Marbella Challenger back in 2020.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Fils 6-3
FilsMuller
6
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
FilsMuller
6
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
FilsMuller
5
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
FilsMuller
5
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
FilsMuller
4
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
FilsMuller
4
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
FilsMuller
3
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
FilsMuller
2
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
FilsMuller
1
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
FilsMuller
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Fils grabbed in the 4th game (3-1) just before ultimately winning the set (6-3).

Arthur was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (2-1 15-40). On the other side, Arthur didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 51 points. Arthur was the winner of the set after clinching 9 points more than Muller (30-21). Fils was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (21-4). In addition, on the other side, Alexandre conceded 9 points on serve (17-9).

2nd Set -
Muller 6-3
MullerFils
6
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
MullerFils
6
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
MullerFils
5
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
MullerFils
4
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
MullerFils
4
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
MullerFils
4
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
MullerFils
3
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
MullerFils
3
0
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
MullerFils
2
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15

Muller was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Arthur Fils in the 2nd

game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, that was not enough for Alexandre to win the set since Fils succeeded in breaking back in the 7th (3-4) game. Alexandre kept his cool to break Arthur in the 8th (5-3) game before conquering the set (6-3).

Alexandre converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 7th (4-3 0-40) and the 10th game (6-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Fils converted 8% of his break points (1/12). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (1-3 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (2-4 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They played 76 points. Alexandre was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than Fils (42-34). Muller conceded 21 points on serve (26-21). On the other side, Fils conceded 16 points on serve (13-16).

3rd Set -
Muller 6-1
MullerFils
6
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
MullerFils
5
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
MullerFils
4
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
MullerFils
3
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
MullerFils
2
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
MullerFils
2
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30

Muller had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Arthur Fils in the 2nd game (2-0). Muller managed to strengthen his lead after breaking Arthur in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.

Arthur was dominated in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-1 to 6-1.

Muller converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (3-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40). On the other side, Alexandre didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 31 points. Alexandre was the winner of the set after clinching 11 more points than Arthur (21-10). Alexandre was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (12-4). On the losing side, Fils conceded 9 points on serve (6-9).

1st
Muller
Fils
3-6
3
6
3
5
2
5
2
4
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
0
1
2nd
Muller
Fils
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
4
2
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
3rd
Muller
Fils
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0

Tennis Scores in Hong Kong

  • Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (2-6 7-64 7-5)
  • Kei NishikoriNishikori – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-3 3-6 6-2)
  • Alexandre MullerMuller – Arthur FilsFils (3-6 6-3 6-1)
  • Juncheng ShangShang – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (1-6 6-3 6-4)

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