Surbiton Ch: Andy Murray [1] vs. Gijs Brouwer [Q] 7-6(4), 7-6(3) Match Stats
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What a match. That was spectacular. I might have missed a lot (because I peeked at it while doing something else), but the scorelines made me interested in what did I miss in particular.
The tie-break, however, gave me an impression of that picture. Andy Murray servebot era with 12 aces? That could explain his serving rates (81% won on 1st and 72% won on the 2nd serves), however, Brouwer managed to almost level them on return with such shot choices and rallies (there were several winners from him I remember or good shot choices in general), hence his better break conversion rate %.
While I remember observing Brouwer from clay live scores, now I got a slight impression that his game (particularly the baseline part, at least from what I observed so far) could also really work on grass. However, I need to see more of him in the future (including on grass), because this fight against Andy was tremendous. Meanwhile, it is Brandon Nakashima next for Andy's next round encounter, which is going to be really, really interesting (at least on paper and impressions!).
