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Andy Murray #2 def. Joao Sousa #33

6-2 3-6 6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 24, 2016*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Andy Murray
Score	6-2 3-6 6-2 6-2
Loser	Joao Sousa
Duration	2h 38m

Stat	Andy Murray	Joao Sousa
Aces	13	4
Double faults	6	2
First serve %	59	67
First serve points won %	84	66
Second serve points won %	45	33
Break points saved %	71	33
Break points converted %	67	29
Service points won %	68	55
Return points won %	45	32
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Andy Murray	Joao Sousa
Country	GBR	POR
Birth date	May 15, 1987	Mar 30, 1989
Age	28	26
Height	191	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	33
Ranking points (entering)	8,945	1,191
Elo (entering)	2,292	1,917
Career W-L	703–264	189–247
Career earnings	$64,687,542	$8,340,548

Pre-match H2H

Andy Murray 6 – 0 Joao Sousa

Path

Andy Murray's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2016	R64	Sam Groth	6-0 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2016	R128	Alexander Zverev	6-1 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Andy Murray's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2016	R16	Bernard Tomic	6-4 6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data

Joao Sousa's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2016	R64	Santiago Giraldo	6-3 7-5 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2016	R128	Mikhail Kukushkin	6-3 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data