Alexei Popyrin shocks Shelton in the 2nd round to clash vs Dimitrov – MONTREAL RESULTS

NATIONAL BANK OPEN - MONTREAL DRAW AND RESULTS. Popyrin surprises Shelton to take on Grigor Dimitrov in the 3rd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Alexei Popyrin vs. Ben Shelton

Alexei Popyrin shocks Ben Shelton 6-4 7-6(4) in the 2nd round in Montreal on Thursday. Popyrin will play against Grigor Dimitrov in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 39 minutes. This will be his best result in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the qualifications in 2022. Here you can see his previous results at this event.

Popyrin
Montreal
Popyrin's Record

The Australian added to his prize money $ 42,405 after winning this match. He has already won $ 91,435 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Australian will add $ 79,505 to his earnings to get in total $ 170,940 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Popyrin
Shelton
Alexei Popyrin
6-4 7-64
1h:39
Ben Shelton
80
80
Total points
69
69
33
33
Winners
35
35
41%
41%
Ratio Winners
51%
51%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
7
7
1
1
Double Faults
1
1
57%
57%
1st in
69%
69%
85%
85%
1st won
64%
64%
33/39
33/39
1st won
35/55
35/55
63%
63%
2nd won
68%
68%
19/30
19/30
2nd won
17/25
17/25
-- Break Points --
1/6
1/6
Total
0/0
0/0
17%
17%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, the Australian scored 80 points vs. Shelton’s 69.

Popyrin

Popyrin served extremely well to win 85% of the points (33/39) behind his first serve, and he won 63% points (19/30) on his second serve. The Australian won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points after he converted only 17% (1/6) of the procured opportunities.

Shelton

On the other side, Ben wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Popyrin and Shelton is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Alexei Popyrin vs. Grigor Dimitrov – stats

Popyrin will square off with Dimitrov in the 3rd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Alexei Popyrin and Grigor Dimitrov face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Popyrin and Dimitrov (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

Alexei Popyrin Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Popyrin 6-4
PopyrinShelton
6
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
PopyrinShelton
6
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
PopyrinShelton
5
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
PopyrinShelton
4
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
PopyrinShelton
3
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
PopyrinShelton
3
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
PopyrinShelton
2
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
PopyrinShelton
2
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
PopyrinShelton
1
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
PopyrinShelton
1
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
PopyrinShelton
0
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Alexei clinched in the 9th game (5-4) just before finally winning the set (6-4).

The American couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-4 to 6-4.

The Australian converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 9th (4-4 40-A) and the 11th game (6-3 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Alexei didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 73 points. Alexei conquered the set after winning 5 more points than Shelton (39-34). Popyrin lost 6 points on serve (21-6). On the losing side, Shelton conceded 18 points on serve (28-18).

2nd Set -
Popyrin 7-6
PopyrinShelton
7
6
S
0
1
P
0
2
P
1
2
S
2
2
S
3
2
P
4
2
P
5
2
S
5
3
S
5
4
P
6
4
P
7
4
PopyrinShelton
6
6
15
0
30
0
40
0
PopyrinShelton
5
6
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
PopyrinShelton
5
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
PopyrinShelton
4
5
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
PopyrinShelton
4
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
PopyrinShelton
3
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
PopyrinShelton
3
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
PopyrinShelton
2
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
PopyrinShelton
2
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
PopyrinShelton
1
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
PopyrinShelton
1
1
15
0
30
0
40
0

Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Eventually, the Australian won the breaker at 7-4.

Tiebreak

Alexei won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 5th (3-2) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Shelton won a minibreak in the 2nd (2-0) point.

Alexei won the tiebreak 7-4 after he conquered a decisive 5-3 lead.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4

The Australian was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Popyrin didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 76 points. Alexei was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than Ben (41-35). Alexei surrendered 11 points on serve (31-11). On the losing side, Shelton conceded 10 points on serve (24-10).

1st
Popyrin
Shelton
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
2nd
Popyrin
Shelton
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
 

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