Alexei Popyrin survives Denis Istomin 6-3 3-6 7-5 in the qualifications in Chengdu on Sunday after conquering a huge battle. Popyrin will engage against Fernando Verdasco in the 1st round.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Popyrin conquered in the 6th game (4-2) before winning the set (6-3).
2nd set.
Istomin had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Popyrin in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break was the key and it was sufficient for the Uzbek to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
3rd set.
Popyrin had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Istomin in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. However, there was more to do for Popyrin to win the set because Istomin found the way to break back in the 5th (2-3) game. Popyrin maintained his focus to break Denis in the 12th (7-5) game.
Statistics
The Australian won this contest even if he scored less points than the Uzbek (86 vs. 87).
The Australian won this match even if he had a tough time in converting his break points as he converted only 43% (3/7). On the other side, Istomin was struggling in converting his break points as he converted only 40% of his break points (2/5). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Popyrin and Istomin is 1-1.
Next Match: Alexei Popyrin vs. Fernando Verdasco – stats
Popyrin will face Verdasco in the 1st round.
There is no head to head record between Alexei Popyrin and Fernando Verdasco since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Chengdu
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Denis IstominIstomin (6-3 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Jason JungJung – Luke SavilleSaville (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – James DuckworthDuckworth (4-6 7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Bradley KlahnKlahn – Lloyd HarrisHarris (6-3 7-6(0)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Zhe LiLi – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (0-0) – See H2H details
- Vasek PospisilPospisil – Jordan ThompsonThompson (0-0) – See H2H details
- Daniel EvansEvans – Yan BaiBai (0-0) – See H2H details
- Richard BerankisBerankis – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (1-1) – See H2H details
- Bradley KlahnKlahn – Jason JungJung (0-0) – See H2H details
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (0-0) – See H2H details
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (0-0) – See H2H details
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Radu AlbotAlbot (0-1) – See H2H details
- Christian GarinGarin – Kyle EdmundEdmund (0-0) – See H2H details
- Hyeon ChungChung – Joao SousaSousa (1-0) – See H2H details
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Alexander BublikBublik (0-0) – See H2H details
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (0-0) – See H2H details