Andy Murray shocks Norbert Gombos 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Mallorca Challenger on Tuesday. Murray is going to play against Matteo Viola in the 3rd round.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Murray won the set after he broke Norbert in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (4-2) game. Norbert tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. However, Murray kept the situation under control before winning the set 6-3.
2nd set.
Murray won the set after he broke Norbert in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (5-4) game. Gombos tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. However, Murray refused to give way before winning the set 6-4.
Statistics
At the end of the match, Andy scored 68 points vs. the Slovakian’s 55 points.
Andy was pretty good in converting 57% of the break points that he procured (4/7). On the other side, Norbert was not so effective in converting his break points as he converted only 29% of his break points (2/7). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Murray and Gombos is 1-0.
Next Match: Andy Murray vs. Matteo Viola – stats
Murray will fight against Viola in the 3rd round.
There is no head to head record between Andy Murray and Matteo Viola since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Mallorca Challenger
- Lucas MiedlerMiedler – Carlos BerlocqBerlocq (6-4 6-77 6-4) – See score progression
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Alessandro BegaBega (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Peter HellerHeller (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Daniel MasurMasur – Matthias BachingerBachinger (2-6 6-0 6-4) – See score progression
- Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven – Federico GaioGaio (7-66 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Dudi SelaSela (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez (6-2 4-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Adrian Menendez-MaceirasMenendez-Maceiras – Uladzimir IgnatikIgnatik (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Yannick MadenMaden – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (5-7 7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Peter GojowczykGojowczyk (7-66 6-4) – See score progression
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Lukas RosolRosol (7-65 6-1) – See score progression
- Sergiy StakhovskyStakhovsky – Danilo PetrovicPetrovic (3-6 7-63 6-6 ret.) – See score progression
- Blaz KavcicKavcic – Quentin HalysHalys (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Andy MurrayMurray – Norbert GombosGombos (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Matteo ViolaViola – Enrique Lopez-PerezLopez-Perez (7-66 6-71 6-0) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Daniel MasurMasur (0-0) – See H2H details
- Matteo ViolaViola – Andy MurrayMurray (0-0) – See H2H details
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (0-0) – See H2H details
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Adrian Menendez-MaceirasMenendez-Maceiras (0-0) – See H2H details