STOCKHOLM. Alexei Popyrin tops Kamke in the qualifications of the Intrum Stockholm Open

Alexei Popyrin wins against Tobias Kamke 7-5 7-6¹ in the qualifications in Stockholm on Sunday. Popyrin will face off with Yuichi Sugita in the qualifications.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Kamke started the set strong after breaking Popyrin in the 1^st game (1-0). Nevertheless, Popyrin refused to bow to come back to break Tobias in the 6^th (3-3) gamein the 12^th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

The Australian missed the opportunity to break the German in the 10^th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

2^nd set.

Kamke came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Popyrin in the 1^st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, the Australian succeeded in coming back to break Kamke in the 10^th (5-5) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 1.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Australian scored 75 points vs. the German’s 65 points.

Popyrin won this match even if he was struggling in finding the solution in converting his break points since he converted only 38% (3/8). On the other side, Tobias was exceptional in converting all the break points (2/2). Yet, that was not enough to win the contest.

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

Next Match: Alexei Popyrin vs. Yuichi Sugita – stats

Popyrin will fight against Sugita in the qualifications.

There is no head to head record between Alexei Popyrin and Yuichi Sugita since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Stockholm

• Yuichi SugitaSugita – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Lucas RenardRenard – Ernests GulbisGulbis (7-5 ret.) – See score progression
• Dennis NovakNovak – Viktor TroickiTroicki (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Tommy PaulPaul – Markus ErikssonEriksson (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe – Hyeon ChungChung (3-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Oscar OtteOtte – Tommy RobredoRobredo (6-0 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Tobias KamkeKamke (7-5 7-6¹) – See score progression
• Gianluca MagerMager – Simon YitbarekYitbarek (6-2 7-5) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

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• Radu AlbotAlbot – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (1-0) – See H2H details
• Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (0-0) – See H2H details
• Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Casper RuudRuud (0-0) – See H2H details
• Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe – Oscar OtteOtte (1-0) – See H2H details
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – John MillmanMillman (1-1) – See H2H details
• Gianluca MagerMager – Dennis NovakNovak (0-0) – See H2H details
• Brayden SchnurSchnur – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (0-0) – See H2H details
• Tommy PaulPaul – Lucas RenardRenard (0-0) – See H2H details
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Yuichi SugitaSugita (0-0) – See H2H details
• Mikael YmerYmer – Joao SousaSousa (0-1) – See H2H details