SHANGHAI. Granollers bests Popyrin in the qualifications of the Shanghai Rolex Masters

SHANGHAI ROLEX MASTERS - SHANGHAI. Granollers dispatches Popyrin to play Vasek Pospisil in the qualifications

Prediction and head to head Marcel Granollers vs. Alexei Popyrin

Marcel Granollers tops Alexei Popyrin 6-4 6-4 in the qualifications in Shanghai on Saturday. Granollers will try to go further in the tournament when he will face Vasek Pospisil in the qualifications.

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 the Spaniard conquered in the 9th game (5-4) before winning the set (6-4).

2nd set.

Similarly to the 1st set, both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Spaniard conquered in the 5th game (3-2) before winning the set (6-4).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Spaniard scored 69 points vs. the Australian’s 57 points.

Marcel served very well to win 84% of the points (37/44) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (5/10) on his second serve. The Spaniard won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points as he converted only 33% (2/6). On the other side, Popyrin wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this contest, the head to head between Granollers and Popyrin is 1-1.

Next Match: Marcel Granollers vs. Vasek Pospisil – stats

Granollers will compete against Pospisil in the qualifications.

This will be the 2nd time that Marcel Granollers and Vasek Pospisil square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Granollers (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Granollers won 4-6 6-4 ret. in the 1st round in Nottingham back in 2015.

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

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