Jannik Sinner and Alexei Popyrin will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Mutua Madrid Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 1:30 pm on STADIUM 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jannik Sinner who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jannik Sinner is the pick to win this match.
Jannik Sinner -> 1.3
Alexei Popyrin -> 3.66
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Prediction and head to head Jannik Sinner vs. Alexei Popyrin
There is no head to head record between Jannik Sinner and Alexei Popyrin since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Jannik Sinner
Ranked no. 18 (career high), Jannik reached the 2nd round after beating Guido Pella 6-2 4-4 ret..
In the 1st round, Sinner defeated Pella (6-2 4-4 ret.). During the match Sinner scored 52 points vs Pella’s 36. The Italian was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sinner struck 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Jannik Sinner was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 81% (21/26) of his 1st serve and 67% (10/15) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Jannik broke Pella 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Sinner has a solid match record in the last 4 years having won 66% of his matches (132-67). 5-2 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Sinner has a 46-25 record in the last 4 years on clay.
His best result of the year was winning the title in in Melbourne where he overcame Stefano Travaglia in the final 7-6(4) 6-4.
The Italian has a 19-7 win-loss record in 2021, 5-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Madrid
Jannik has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexei Popyrin
Ranked no. 76 (career high), Popyrin reached the 2nd round after defeating Federico Coria 6-74 6-4 6-3, Arthur Cazaux 7-5 7-60 and Jan-Lennard Struff 6-3 7-64.
In the 1st round, Popyrin had a good straight sets win against Struff (6-3 7-64). During the match Popyrin scored 80 points vs Struff’s 70. Popyrin was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Popyrin scored 14 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Alexei Popyrin was quite efficient on serve to win 71% (35/49) of his 1st serve and 53% (16/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Alexei broke Struff 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
His best result of the current year was winning the title in in Singapore where he overcame Alexander Bublik in the final 4-6 6-0 6-2.
The Australian has a 18-7 win-loss record in 2021, 7-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Sinner | Popyrin |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 3 |
Tot Set | 3 | 7 |
Tot Games | 16 | 79 |
Pts | 52-36 | 262-246 |
Total Points | 88 | 508 |
Winners | 21 | 124 |
%Winners | 40% | 47% |
Sinner played 1 match while Popyrin competed in 3 matches. Popyrin started his run from the qualifications while Sinner had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Alexei Popyrin conceded 1 set while Jannik Sinner hasn’t dropped a set so far. Sinner has played 4 set(s) less than Popyrin (3 vs 7). Therefore, Sinner played 63 games less than Popyrin. Jannik scored 21 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian made 124 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Sinner | Popyrin |
---|---|---|
Aces | 6 | 24 |
Avg per match | 6 | 8 |
1st in | 26/41 | 166/269 |
%1st in | 63% | 62% |
1st pts | 21/26 | 124/166 |
%1st pts | 81% | 75% |
2nd pts | 10/15 | 53/103 |
%2nd pts | 67% | 51% |
Sinner blasted 6 aces . Popyrin bagged 24 aces (8 per match). Sinner won 81% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Popyrin won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Sinner | Popyrin |
---|---|---|
Won | 3 | 9 |
Converted | 3/5 | 9/22 |
% Converted | 60% | 41% |
Conceded | 1 | 20 |
Saved | 0 | 16 |
% Saved | 0% | 80% |
Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Jannik broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Popyrin broke his opponents 9 times with a 41% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
Sinner | |||
R1 Pella |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-2 4-4 ret. | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
pts | 52-36 | 52-36 | |
Total points | 88 | 88 | |
Winners | 21 | 21 | |
%Winners | 40% | 40% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 6 | 6 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
1st in | 26/41 | 26/41 | |
% 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
1st pts | 21/26 | 21/26 | |
% 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
2nd pts | 10/15 | 10/15 | |
% 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 3 | 3 | |
Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Popyrin | |||||
Q1 Coria |
Q3 Cazaux |
R1 Struff |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-74 6-4 6-3 | 7-5 7-60 | 6-3 7-64 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
Tot Games | 32 | 25 | 22 | 79 | |
pts | 103-104 | 79-72 | 80-70 | 262-246 | |
Total points | 207 | 151 | 150 | 508 | |
Winners | 55 | 34 | 35 | 124 | |
%Winners | 53% | 43% | 44% | 47% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 6 | 4 | 14 | 24 | |
Double Faults | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | |
1st in | 73/116 | 44/74 | 49/79 | 166/269 | |
% 1st in | 63% | 59% | 62% | 62% | |
1st pts | 55/73 | 34/44 | 35/49 | 124/166 | |
% 1st pts | 75% | 77% | 71% | 75% | |
2nd pts | 19/43 | 18/30 | 16/30 | 53/103 | |
% 2nd pts | 44% | 60% | 53% | 51% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
Converted | 4/9 | 2/7 | 3/6 | 9/22 | |
Converted % | 44% | 29% | 50% | 41% | |
Conceded | 12 | 1 | 7 | 20 | |
Saved | 11/12 | 0/1 | 5/7 | 16 | |
Saved % | 92% | 0% | 71% | 163% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
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