TENNIS SCORES. Alexei Popyrin defeats Gao in the qualifications in Chengdu

CHENGDU OPEN - CHENGDU. Popyrin wins against Gao to compete against Denis Istomin in the qualifications

Prediction and head to head Alexei Popyrin vs. Xin Gao

Alexei Popyrin prevails over Xin Gao 7-62 6-2 in the qualifications in Chengdu on Saturday. Popyrin will play Denis Istomin in the qualifications.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Popyrin won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 6th (2-4) game, The Australian broke back in the 7th (3-4) game before winning the set at the following breaker at 2.

2nd set.

Popyrin was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Gao in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. The Australian managed to boost his lead after breaking Xin in the 8th (6-2) game before managing to win the set.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Australian scored 73 points vs. Gao’s 56 points.

Alexei served very well to win 87% of the points (33/38) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (12/24) on his second serve. Popyrin blasted 13 aces and he committed 6 double faults. Alexei was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (3/6). On the other side, Xin was remarkable in converting all the break points (1/1). However, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Popyrin and Gao is 1-0 for Alexei.

Next Match: Alexei Popyrin vs. Denis Istomin – stats

Popyrin will face Istomin in the qualifications.

This will be the 2nd time that Alexei Popyrin and Denis Istomin fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Istomin (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Istomin won 6-4 6-0 in the qualifications in Dubai back in 2017.

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