
Alexei Popyrin tops Carlos Taberner 6-1 7-6(4) in the 2nd round in Rome on Friday. Popyrin will square off with Daniil Medvedev in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 40 minutes. His most significant achievement in this event was reaching the 4th round in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
Popyrin added to his prize money € 22,030 after winning this match. He has already won € 52,925 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Australian will add € 37,520 to his earnings to get in total € 90,445 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Popyrin scored 70 points vs. the Spaniard’s 57.
Popyrin
Alexei won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points after he converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.
Taberner
On the other side, Carlos was struggling when converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Popyrin and Taberner is 2-0 for Alexei.
Draw and next match H2H: Alexei Popyrin vs. Daniil Medvedev – stats
Popyrin will compete against Medvedev in the 3rd round.
This will be the 5th time that Alexei Popyrin and Daniil Medvedev clash against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Medvedev (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Alexei was too strong to drop just 1 game before breaking Taberner 2 times and win the set 6-1.
Carlos was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 6 games of the set when the score went from 1-1 to 6-1.
The Australian converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Carlos wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40).
They contested 51 points. Alexei was the winner of the set after clinching 9 points more than Carlos (30-21). The Australian conceded 8 points on serve (20-8). on the other side of the court, the Spaniard conceded 10 points on serve (13-10).
Popyrin had a strong start of this set after breaking Carlos Taberner in the 2nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, Alexei succeeded in coming back to break Carlos in the 3rd (1-2) game before winning the set at the breaker at 4.
Tiebreak
Alexei won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 8th (5-3) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Taberner won a minibreak in the 2nd (1-1) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
Alexei converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40 and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Taberner converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 76 points. Alexei won 4 points more than the Spaniard (40-36). Popyrin dropped 13 points on serve (27-13). on the other side of the net, Carlos conceded 13 points on serve (23-13).
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