STOCKHOLM. Popyrin downs Sugita in the qualifications

Alexei Popyrin hustles Yuichi Sugita 1-6 6-2 6-3 in the qualifications in Stockholm on Monday. Popyrin will face Oscar Otte in the 1^st round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Sugita was too good to drop just 1 game before breaking Alexei 2 times and win the set 6-1.

Alexei couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-1 to 6-1).

2^nd set.

Popyrin had a great start in this set after breaking Sugita in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Popyrin extended his lead after breaking Yuichi in the 8^th (6-2) game before managing to win the set.

3^rd set.

Sugita had a strong start of this set after breaking Popyrin in the 1^st game (1-0). Nonetheless, Popyrin refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Yuichi in the 2^nd (1-1) and in the 6^th (4-2) game before winning the set (6-3).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Alexei scored 79 points vs. the Japanese’s 74 points.

The Australian struck 12 aces and he committed 5 double faults. Popyrin was pretty focused in converting 67% of the break points that he conquered (4/6). On the other side, Yuichi was struggling in converting his break points since he converted only 33% of his break points (3/9). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

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

Next Match: Alexei Popyrin vs. Oscar Otte – stats

Popyrin will compete against Otte in the 1^st round.

There is no head to head record between Alexei Popyrin and Oscar Otte since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other at pro level.

The last time that they competed against each other, Popyrin won 6-4 3-6 6-3 in the 2^nd round in Cherbourg Challenger back in 2018.

Tennis Scores in Stockholm

• Dennis NovakNovak – Gianluca MagerMager (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Tommy PaulPaul – Lucas RenardRenard (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe – Oscar OtteOtte (6-4 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Yuichi SugitaSugita (1-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Sam QuerreyQuerrey – Dennis NovakNovak (0-0) – See H2H details
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Janko TipsarevicTipsarevic (0-1) – See H2H details
• Radu AlbotAlbot – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (1-0) – See H2H details
• Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Casper RuudRuud (0-0) – See H2H details
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – John MillmanMillman (1-1) – See H2H details
• Oscar OtteOtte – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (0-0) – See H2H details
• Brayden SchnurSchnur – Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe (0-0) – See H2H details
• Elias YmerYmer – Yuichi SugitaSugita (0-0) – See H2H details
• Tommy PaulPaul – Pablo AndujarAndujar (0-0) – See H2H details
• Mikael YmerYmer – Joao SousaSousa (0-1) – See H2H details