Alexandre Muller beats Rei Sakamoto 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in Miami on Wednesday. Muller will seek to keep on going in this event against Francisco Cerundolo in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 21 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this competition. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2024. Here you can see his history at this event.

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Muller's Record

Alexandre added to his prize money $ 11,500 after winning this match. He has already won $ 35,260 after this win. If he wins the next match, Muller will add $ 25,180 to his earnings to get in total $ 60,440 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Muller
Sakamoto
6-4 6-4
1h:21
Rei Sakamoto
72
72
Total points
60
60
36
36
Winners
39
39
50%
50%
Ratio Winners
65%
65%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
5
5
1
1
Double Faults
0
0
78%
78%
1st in
77%
77%
84%
84%
1st won
66%
66%
36/43
36/43
1st won
39/59
39/59
58%
58%
2nd won
50%
50%
7/12
7/12
2nd won
9/18
9/18
-- Break Points --
2/7
2/7
Total
0/1
0/1
29%
29%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Alexandre scored 72 points vs. Rei’s 60.

Muller

The French player served pretty well to win 84% of the points (36/43) behind his first serve, and he won 58% points (7/12) on his second serve. The French player won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points after he converted only 29% (2/7) of the procured opportunities.

Sakamoto

On the other side, Rei wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

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

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

Muller will square off with Cerundolo in the 2nd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Alexandre Muller and Francisco Cerundolo fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Muller (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Muller won 7-5 6-1 in the quarter in Rio de janeiro back in February 2025.

Live score progression and stats

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

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Muller grabbed in the 10th game (6-4) before ultimately winning the set (6-4).

The French player failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 30.

The French player converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 10th game (5-4 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Rei wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 9th game (4-4 40-A).

They played 67 points. The French player was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than Rei (37-30). Alexandre dropped 11 points on serve (27-11). on the other side of the court, Rei conceded 10 points on serve (19-10).

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

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that the French player conquered in the 10th game (6-4).

Muller missed the opportunity to break Sakamoto in the 8th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Muller converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 40-A), the 8th (4-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, Alexandre didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 63 points. Alexandre was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than Rei (34-29). Muller was perfect on serve to concede only 1 point during his serving games (16-1). on the other side of the court, Rei conceded 18 points on serve (28-18).

1st
Muller
Sakamoto
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Muller
Sakamoto
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0

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