Alexandre Muller downs Tomas Martin Etcheverry 7-5 7-6(5) in the 2nd round in Rio De Janeiro on Thursday. Muller will have to play Francisco Cerundolo in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 8 minutes.

Rio De Janeiro
Muller's Record

The French player added to his prize money $ 30,605 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 65,645 after this win. If he wins the next match, Alexandre will add $ 62,845 to his earnings to get in total $ 128,490 in total.

Highlights Alexandre Muller vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry Rio Open – Rio de Janeiro

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Muller
Etcheverry
7-5 7-65
2h:08
83
83
Total points
69
69
37
37
Winners
34
34
45%
45%
Ratio Winners
49%
49%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
5
5
1
1
Double Faults
0
0
60%
60%
1st in
61%
61%
79%
79%
1st won
76%
76%
37/47
37/47
1st won
34/45
34/45
55%
55%
2nd won
38%
38%
17/31
17/31
2nd won
11/29
11/29
-- Break Points --
3/5
3/5
Total
2/7
2/7
60%
60%
Won
29%
29%
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At the end of the match, Alexandre scored 83 points vs. Tomas Martin’s 69.

Muller

The French player served extremely well to win 79% of the points (37/47) behind his first serve, and he won 55% points (17/31) on his second serve. Muller didn’t lose the focus when converting 60% of the break points that he conquered (3/5).

Etcheverry

On the other side, Etcheverry was battling in converting his break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Muller and Etcheverry is 1-0 for Alexandre.

Draw and next match H2H: Alexandre Muller vs. Francisco Cerundolo – stats

Muller will take on Cerundolo in the quarter.

This will be the 2nd time that Alexandre Muller and Francisco Cerundolo square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Muller (see full H2H stats

), but they have never played each other on clay.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Muller 7-5
MullerEtcheverry
7
5
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
MullerEtcheverry
7
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
MullerEtcheverry
6
5
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
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30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
MullerEtcheverry
5
5
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
MullerEtcheverry
4
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
MullerEtcheverry
3
5
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
MullerEtcheverry
3
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
MullerEtcheverry
2
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
MullerEtcheverry
2
3
15
0
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15
15
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30
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30
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40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
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40
A
MullerEtcheverry
2
2
0
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0
40
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40
MullerEtcheverry
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1
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40
0
MullerEtcheverry
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40
MullerEtcheverry
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0
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0
30
0
40
0

The French player conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 5th (2-3) game, Alexandre broke back in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th game to win the set 7-5.

Alexandre failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5

to be broken at 30.

Tomas Martin was outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-5 to 7-5.

Alexandre converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 10th (4-5 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Etcheverry converted 14% of his break points (1/7). He had his opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40 and 40-A), the 11th (5-5 40-A and 40-A) and the 13th game (4-7 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 79 points. Muller won 7 points more than the Argentine (43-36). The French player conceded 16 points on serve (30-16). On the losing side, the Argentine conceded 13 points on serve (20-13).

2nd Set -
Muller 7-6
MullerEtcheverry
7
6
M
0
1
E
1
1
E
1
2
M
2
2
M
3
2
E
4
2
E
4
3
M
4
4
M
5
4
E
6
4
E
6
5
M
7
5
MullerEtcheverry
6
6
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
MullerEtcheverry
6
5
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
MullerEtcheverry
5
5
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
MullerEtcheverry
5
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
MullerEtcheverry
4
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
MullerEtcheverry
4
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
MullerEtcheverry
3
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
MullerEtcheverry
3
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
MullerEtcheverry
2
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
MullerEtcheverry
1
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
MullerEtcheverry
0
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40

Muller was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Tomas Martin Etcheverry in the 2nd game (2-0). That was enough for Muller to win the set (7-6) as no one dropped a serve anymore.

Tiebreak

Alexandre won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 6th (4-2), 10th (6-4) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Tomas Martin won 2 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0) and 8th (4-4) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5

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

They contested 73 points. The French player won 5 more points than Tomas Martin (39-34). Muller conceded 8 points on serve (23-8). On the other side, Etcheverry conceded 16 points on serve (26-16).

1st
Muller
Etcheverry
7-5
7
5
6
5
5
5
4
5
3
5
3
4
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Muller
Etcheverry
7-6
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
2
0
2
0
1

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