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

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

1^st 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 9^th game (5-4) before winning the set (6-4).

2^nd set.

Similarly to the 1^st 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 5^th 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 2^nd 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 1^st round in Nottingham back in 2015.

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Di WuWu (7-6³ 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Brayden SchnurSchnur (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Yecong HeHe (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Fajing SunSun (6-3 6-7⁷ 6-2) – See score progression
• Jeremy ChardyChardy – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
• Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Tatsuma ItoIto (4-6 7-6²
  6-2) – See score progression
• Vasek PospisilPospisil – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Bradley KlahnKlahn – Nicolas JarryJarry (7-6⁴ 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Daniel EvansEvans – Bernard TomicTomic (6-2 3-6 6-0) – See score progression
• Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero – Viktor TroickiTroicki (6-4 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Alexander BublikBublik – Goncalo OliveiraOliveira (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Marcel GranollersGranollers – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Thomas FabbianoFabbiano – Runhao HuaHua (3-6 6-0 7-6²) – See score progression
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Peter GojowczykGojowczyk (6-3 2-6 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (1-1) – See H2H details
• Pablo CuevasCuevas – Christian GarinGarin (0-1) – See H2H details
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Sam QuerreyQuerrey (1-0) – See H2H details
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (0-0) – See H2H details
• Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Marin CilicCilic (2-4) – See H2H details
• Zhe LiLi – Lucas PouillePouille (0-0) – See H2H details
• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (0-0) – See H2H details
• Vasek PospisilPospisil – Marcel GranollersGranollers (0-1) – See H2H details
• Daniel EvansEvans – Jeremy ChardyChardy (0-1) – See H2H details
• Guido PellaPella – John MillmanMillman (1-0) – See H2H details
• David GoffinGoffin – Richard GasquetGasquet (2-1) – See H2H details
• Joao SousaSousa – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (0-1) – See H2H details
• Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (0-1) – See H2H details
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (0-0) – See H2H details
• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Radu AlbotAlbot (2-0) – See H2H details
• Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (4-2) – See H2H details
• Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero – Bradley KlahnKlahn (0-0) – See H2H details
• Alexander BublikBublik – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (0-1) – See H2H details
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (0-0) – See H2H details
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Thomas FabbianoFabbiano (0-0) – See H2H details
• Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Dusan LajovicLajovic (0-0) – See H2H details
• Andrey RublevRublev – Borna CoricCoric (2-0) – See H2H details
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (1-2) – See H2H details
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – John IsnerIsner (0-1) – See H2H details