Daniil Medvedev and Alexei Popyrin will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the Australian Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 9 pm (est) on the Rod Laver Arena. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Daniil Medvedev who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Daniil Medvedev is the pick to win this match.
Daniil Medvedev -> 1.12
Alexei Popyrin -> 6.00
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Prediction and head to head Daniil Medvedev vs. Alexei Popyrin
This will be the 2nd time that Daniil Medvedev and Alexei Popyrin clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Medvedev (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Medvedev won 6-76 6-1 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in at the Wimbledon back in 2019.
Daniil Medvedev
Ranked no. 4 (career high), Medvedev reached the 2nd round after beating Frances Tiafoe 6-3 4-6 6-4 6-2 and Pedro Martinez Portero 7-5 6-1 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Martinez Portero (7-5 6-1 6-3). During the match Medvedev scored 107 points vs Martinez Portero’s 70. Daniil was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Medvedev blasted 19 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Daniil Medvedev was extremely effective on serve to win 81% (39/48) of his 1st serve and 64% (23/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Medvedev broke Martinez Portero 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Daniil has conceded 1 set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Medvedev has a unfavourable win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 27% of his matches (577-214). 6-1 on hard in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Medvedev has a 226-115 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
The Russian’s best result of the current season was reaching the semi-finals in Brisbane, Perth, Sydney.
Daniil has a 6-1 win-loss record in 2020, 6-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Daniil lost in the 4th round 6-4 6-75 6-2 6-3 to Novak Djokovic.
Alexei Popyrin
Ranked no. 96, Popyrin reached the 2nd round after defeating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-75 6-2 6-1 ret. and Jaume Antoni Munar Clar 6-2 7-65 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Popyrin had a good straight sets win against Antoni Munar Clar (6-2 7-65 6-2). During the match Popyrin scored 103 points vs Antoni Munar Clar’s 84. Popyrin was extremely aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about serving, Popyrin blasted 8 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Alexei Popyrin was extremely effective on serve to win 75% (48/64) of his 1st serve and 58% (18/31) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Antoni Munar Clar 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Popyrin has a winning win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 57% of his matches (154-116). 3-2 on hard in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Popyrin has a 97-71 win-loss record in the last 5 years on hard.
Popyrin has a 3-2 win-loss record in 2020, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Alexei capitulated in the 3rd round 7-63 6-3 6-710 4-6 6-3 to Lucas Pouille.
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Medvedev | Popyrin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 65 | 29 |
| Pts | 231-181 | 103-84 |
| Total Points | 412 | 187 |
| Winners | 84 | 48 |
| %Winners | 36% | 47% |
Medvedev played 2 matches while Popyrin competed in 1 matches. At the moment, Daniil Medvedev lost 1 set while Alexei Popyrin hasn’t conceded a set so far. Medvedev has played 4 sets more than Popyrin (7 vs 3). Therefore, Medvedev played 36 games more than Popyrin. The Russian scored 84 winners (36% on total points). On the other side, Popyrin blasted 48 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Medvedev | Popyrin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 32 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 16 | 8 |
| 1st in | 111/204 | 64/95 |
| %1st in | 54% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 84/111 | 48/64 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 49/93 | 18/31 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 58% |
Medvedev blasted 32 aces (16 per match). Popyrin blasted 8 aces . Medvedev won 76% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Popyrin won 75% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Medvedev | Popyrin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 15 | 4 |
| Converted | 15/26 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 58% | 44% |
| Conceded | 15 | 4 |
| Saved | 9 | 4 |
| % Saved | 60% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 0 |
The Russian broke his opponents 15 times with 58% conversion rate. Medvedev conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Popyrin broke his opponent 4 times with 44% conversion rate. Popyrin was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.
| Medvedev | ||||
| R1 Tiafoe |
R2 Martinez Portero |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 6-4 6-2 | 7-5 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 37 | 28 | 65 | |
| pts | 124-111 | 107-70 | 231-181 | |
| Total points | 235 | 177 | 412 | |
| Winners | 45 | 39 | 84 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 13 | 19 | 32 | |
| Double Faults | 12 | 2 | 14 | |
| 1st in | 63/120 | 48/84 | 111/204 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 57% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 45/63 | 39/48 | 84/111 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 81% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 26/57 | 23/36 | 49/93 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 64% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 9 | 6 | 15 | |
| Converted | 9/14 | 6/12 | 15/26 | |
| Converted % | 64% | 50% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 4 | 15 | |
| Saved | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 45% | 25% | 35% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Popyrin | ||||
| R1 Tsonga |
R2 Antoni Munar Clar |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 6-2 6-1 ret. | 6-2 7-65 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 29 | 57 | |
| pts | 87-64 | 103-84 | 190-148 | |
| Total points | 151 | 187 | 338 | |
| Winners | 40 | 48 | 88 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 47% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 12 | 8 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 53/81 | 64/95 | 117/176 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 67% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 40/53 | 48/64 | 88/117 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/28 | 18/31 | 40/59 | |
| % 2nd pts | 79% | 58% | 68% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/9 | 8/15 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 44% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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