TENNIS SCORES. Milojevic ousts Purcell in the qualifications of the U.S. Open

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK. Milojevic hustles Purcell to face Gregoire Barrere in the qualifications

Prediction and head to head Nikola Milojevic vs. Max Purcell

Nikola Milojevic victorious over Max Purcell 6-3 6-73 6-3 in the qualifications in New York on Monday. Milojevic will have to play Gregoire Barrere in the qualifications.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Purcell overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Milojevic in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, Nikola was not done to come back to break Max in the 4th (2-2) and in the 6th (4-2) game before winning the set (6-3).

A crucial moment of the match was when the Serbian won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-2 to 5-2.

2nd set.

Milojevic had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Purcell in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. However, Purcell managed to stage a great comeback to break Milojevic 3 times in the 6th (2-4), in the 8th (3-5) and in the 10th (5-5) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 3.

A crucial moment of the match was when Max won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 2-5 to 6-5.

Nevertheless also Milojevic won 4 consecutive games from 0-0 to 4-0

3rd set.

Purcell conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Milojevic in the 1st game (1-0). However, Nikola found the way to come back to break Purcell 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-3).

Nikola failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 40.

A crucial moment of the match was when the Serbian won 5 consecutive games in the 3rd set to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Milojevic scored 107 points vs. Purcell’s 98 points.

The Serbian fired 15 aces and he committed 4 double faults. The Serbian didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (8/16). On the other side, the Australian was struggling in finding the solution in converting his break points as he converted only 40% of his break points (6/15). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Milojevic and Purcell is 1-0 for Nikola.

Next Match: Nikola Milojevic vs. Gregoire Barrere – stats

Milojevic will fight against Barrere in the qualifications.

There is no head to head record between Nikola Milojevic and Gregoire Barrere since this will be the first time that they will play each other at pro level.

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