Alexei Popyrin shocks Marin Cilic 7-6(5) 7-6(2) in the semifinal in Singapore on Saturday. Popyrin will play against Alexander Bublik in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 59 minutes.
The Australian added to his prize money $ 4,580 after winning this match. He has won already $ 18,310 after this win. If he wins the next match, Popyrin will add $ 6,460 to his earnings to get in total $ 24,770 in total.
Popyrin was happy about the outcome. He commented:
“I worked my whole life to get into an ATP final and I’m finally in one tomorrow. It’s definitely an amazing feeling but I got one more match to go and I want to focus on that,”
Highlights Alexei Popyrin vs. Marin Cilic Singapore Tennis Open – Singapore
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:59
At the end of the match, the Australian scored 96 points vs. Cilic’s 85.
Popyrin
The Australian served very well to win 77% of the points (44/57) behind his first serve, and he won 63% points (15/24) on his second serve. The Australian blasted 15 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Popyrin won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points since he converted only 14% (1/7) of the procured opportunities.
Cilic
On the other side, Marin was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Popyrin and Cilic is 1-0 for Alexei.
Draw and next match H2H: Alexei Popyrin vs. Alexander Bublik – stats
Popyrin will face Bublik in the final.
This will be the 2nd time that Alexei Popyrin and Alexander Bublik play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Popyrin (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Popyrin won 5-7 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in Astana Challenger back in 2018.
Live score progression and stats
The Australian clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 4th (1-3) game, The Australian broke back in the 7th (3-4) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that he won 7-5.
Tiebreak
Alexei won 3 minibreaks in the 5th (2-3), 9th (5-4) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Marin won 2 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1) and 11th (5-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
The Australian converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-3 40-A) and the 6th game (2-4 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Cilic converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 6th (4-1 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 93 points. The contest during this set was so even that the Australian won barely 1 point more than Marin (47-46). Popyrin conceded 17 points on serve (30-17). on the other side of the court, Marin conceded 17 points on serve (29-17).
Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. the Australian had no problems to win the tiebreak 7-2.
The Australian missed the opportunity to break Cilic in the 2nd game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Tiebreak
The Australian won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0) and 9th (7-2) point.
The Australian won the tiebreak 7-2 after he conquered a decisive 4-0 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 5-1, 5-2, 6-2, 7-c
They played 88 points. Alexei was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than the Croatian (48-40). Popyrin dropped 6 points on serve (29-6). Regarding the other side of the net, the Croatian conceded 19 points on serve (34-19).
Tennis Scores in Singapore
- Alexander BublikBublik – Radu AlbotAlbot (2-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Marin CilicCilic (7-65 7-62) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Alexander BublikBublik – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (0-0) – H2H details and stats
