Jakub Mensik upsets Alexei Popyrin 6-3 6-2 in the 1st round in Umag on Monday after playing a terrific match to come up against Luciano Darderi or Duje Ajdukovic in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 23 minutes.
The Czech added to his prize money € 3,950 after conquering this match. He has already won € 10,165 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Czech will add € 7,345 to his earnings to get in total € 17,510 in total.
Highlights Jakub Mensik vs. Alexei Popyrin Plava Laguna Croatia Open – Umag
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:23
At the end of the match, Jakub scored 63 points vs. Popyrin’s 51.
Mensik
The Czech served extremely well to win 82% of the points (27/33) behind his first serve, and he won 54% points (14/26) on his second serve. Mensik won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points as he converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.
Popyrin
On the other side, Popyrin wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/4). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Mensik and Popyrin is 1-0 for Jakub.
Draw and next match H2H: Jakub Mensik vs. Luciano Darderi or Duje Ajdukovic – stats
Mensik will play either Luciano Darderi or Duje Ajdukovic in the 2nd round. The head to head is 0-0 vs. Luciano Darderi and 0-0 vs. Duje Ajdukovic.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Czech grabbed in the 8th game (5-3) prior to finally winning the set (6-3).
Alexei was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-3 to 6-3.
The Czech converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 8th (4-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (6-2 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Alexei was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 65 points. The Czech was the winner of the set after clinching 5 more points than the Australian (35-30). Jakub lost 9 points on serve (21-9). Regarding the other side of the net, Popyrin conceded 14 points on serve (21-14).
Mensik enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Alexei Popyrin in the 2nd game (2-0). That break resulted decisive for Jakub to win the set (6-2) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
The Czech converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (3-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Australian was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 8th game (2-5 40-A and 40-A).
They played 47 points. Jakub won 7 more points than Popyrin (27-20). Mensik conceded 9 points on serve (20-9). On the losing side, the Australian conceded 7 points on serve (11-7).
Tennis Scores in Umag
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- Matej DodigDodig – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (3-6 6-3 6-2)
- Jakub MensikMensik – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-3 6-2)
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Mili PoljicakPoljicak (6-2 6-71 7-69)
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Guido AndreozziAndreozzi (4-6 6-3 6-2)
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (7-68 6-4)
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Luka MikrutMikrut (6-2 7-5)
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-4 4-6 7-68)
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