MELBOURNE RESULTS. Daniil Medvedev gets the better of Popyrin in the 3rd round

Daniil Medvedev topples Alexei Popyrin 6-4 6-3 6-2 in the 3^rd round in Melbourne on Saturday. Medvedev will engage against Stan Wawrinka in the 4^th round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Medvedev conquered in the 3^rd game (2-1) before winning the set (6-4).

2^nd set.

Daniil won the set after he broke the Australian in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 9^th (6-3) game. That break resulted decisive for Daniil to conquer the set since he didn’t drop his serve in the rest of the set.

3^rd set.

Medvedev had a racing start in this set after breaking Popyrin in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. The Russian managed to strengthen his lead after breaking Alexei in the 8^th (6-2) game before winning the set.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Daniil scored 94 points vs. Alexei’s 68 points.

Medvedev served pretty well to win 77% of the points (33/43) behind his first serve, and he won 67% points (22/33) on his second serve. Medvedev was effective in converting 63% of the break points that he conquered (5/8). On the other side, the Australian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Medvedev and Popyrin is 2-0 for Daniil.

Highlights Daniil Medvedev vs. Alexei Popyrin Australian Open – Melbourne

Medvedev’s Interview

Next Match H2H: Daniil Medvedev vs. Stan Wawrinka – stats

Medvedev will fight against Wawrinka in the 4^th round.

This will be the 3^rd time that Daniil Medvedev and Stan Wawrinka square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Medvedev (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Medvedev won 7-6⁶ 6-3 3-6 6-1 in the quarter in Us open back in 2019.

Tennis Scores at the Australian Open

• Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – John IsnerIsner (6-4 4-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-4 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Dominic ThiemThiem – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (6-2 6-4 6-7⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Ernests GulbisGulbis (7-6² 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Rafael NadalNadal – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (6-1 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – David GoffinGoffin (2-6 7-6³ 6-4 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (6-2 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-2 7-6⁵ 6-7⁶ 6-7⁷ 7-6⁸) – See score progression
• Milos RaonicRaonic – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (7-5 6-4 7-6²) – See score progression
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Guido PellaPella (7-6⁰ 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-2 6-3 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Roger FedererFederer – John MillmanMillman (4-6 7-6² 6-4 4-6 7-6⁸) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-3 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Sam QuerreyQuerrey (6-4 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Marin CilicCilic – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-7³ 6-4 6-0 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Tommy PaulPaul (6-1 6-1 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Rafael NadalNadal – Nick KyrgiosKyrgios (4-3) – See H2H details
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Dominic ThiemThiem (0-5) – See H2H details
• Milos RaonicRaonic – Marin CilicCilic (1-2) – See H2H details
• Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Fabio FogniniFognini (1-2) – See H2H details
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Roger FedererFederer (0-2) – See H2H details
• Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (0-3) – See H2H details
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (2-0) – See H2H details
• Andrey RublevRublev – Alexander ZverevZverev (0-3) – See H2H details