Michael Mmoh shocks Roberto Carballes Baena 6-1 3-6 6-4 in the 1st round in Dallas on Wednesday. Mmoh will face Casper Ruud or James Duckworth in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 46 minutes. This run will match his best result in this tournament. Here you can see his history at this event.
Mmoh added to his prize money $ 18,840 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 40,365 after this win. If he wins the next match, the American will add $ 35,250 to his earnings to get in total $ 75,615 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Michael scored 91 points vs. the Spaniard’s 83.
Mmoh
Mmoh was effective when converting 64% of the break points that he conquered (7/11).
Carballes Baena
On the other side, the Spaniard was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (5/10). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this encounter, the head to head between Mmoh and Carballes Baena is 1-0 for Michael.
Draw and next match H2H: Michael Mmoh vs. Casper Ruud or James Duckworth – stats
Mmoh will fight against either Casper Ruud or James Duckworth in the 2nd round. The head to head is 1-0 vs. Casper Ruud and 1-1 vs. James Duckworth.
Live score progression and stats
Mmoh was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Roberto Carballes Baena in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. However, that was not enough for the American to win the set since Carballes Baena managed to break back in the 5th (1-4) game. The American kept his cool to break the Spaniard in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
A defining moment of this set was when Michael won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the score from 0-0 to 4-0.
The American converted 50% of his break points (3/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (3-0 0-40), the 5th (4-1 0-40) and the 8th game (6-0 15-40). On the other side, the Spaniard was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (0-4 15-40).
They contested 46 points. Mmoh was the one to win the set after conquering 18 points more than the Spaniard (32-14). Michael conceded 8 points on serve (13-8). In addition, on the other side, Carballes Baena conceded 19 points on serve (6-19).
Mmoh had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Roberto Carballes Baena in the 2nd game (2-0). The Spaniard managed to strengthen his lead after breaking Mmoh in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
The American was not able to offer any resistance in the last 6 games of the set when the score went from 1-3 to 6-3.
Roberto was flawless in converting all his break points in the 3rd
(1-2 30-40), the 6th (2-3 15-40) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40). On the other side, Carballes Baena didn’t concede a single break point during this set.They played 59 points. Carballes Baena was the winner of the set after clinching 11 points more than the American (35-24). The Spaniard dropped 7 points on serve (19-7). on the other side of the net, the American conceded 16 points on serve (17-16).
Mmoh had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Roberto Carballes Baena in the 2nd game (2-0
) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, there was more work to do for Michael to win the set because Roberto succeeded in breaking back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (4-3) game. The American maintained his cool to break the Spaniard in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th (6-4) game.However also the Spaniard won 4 consecutive games from 0-3 to 4-3
The American converted 60% of his break points (3/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40), the 8th (3-4 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 40-A). Also, on the other side, Carballes Baena converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had his opportunities in the 5th (1-3 15-40), the 7th (3-3 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 69 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally the American won only 1 point more than Carballes Baena (35-34). Michael lost 18 points on serve (17-18). Regarding the other side of the net, Carballes Baena conceded 18 points on serve (16-18).
Tennis Scores in Dallas
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (6-4 7-66)
- Michael MmohMmoh – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-1 3-6 6-4)
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-3 6-75 6-3)
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (7-5 6-2)
- Taylor FritzFritz – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-4 6-2)
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (7-63 6-4)
- Tomas MachacMachac – Kei NishikoriNishikori (6-2 6-2)
- Ben SheltonShelton – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-3 6-3)
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (2-6 7-61 6-1)
- Tommy PaulPaul – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (6-76 6-3 6-4)
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (7-5 6-3)
- Ethan QuinnQuinn – Trevor SvajdaSvajda (6-4 6-2)
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Taro DanielDaniel (6-1 3-6 6-4)
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Christopher EubanksEubanks (6-3 6-4)
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Brandon HoltHolt (6-1 7-5)
Upcoming matches
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- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Cameron NorrieNorrie (1-2) – H2H details and stats
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (4-5) – H2H details and stats
- Tommy PaulPaul – (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (3-1) – H2H details and stats
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Tomas MachacMachac (1-0) – H2H details and stats