Tommy Paul and Alexei Popyrin will play each other in the 2nd round of the Murray River Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12.30 pm on COURT 14. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tommy Paul who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Tommy Paul is the pick to win this match.
Tommy Paul -> 1.42
Alexei Popyrin -> 2.96
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Prediction and head to head Tommy Paul vs. Alexei Popyrin
This will be the 2nd time that Tommy Paul and Alexei Popyrin play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Paul (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Tommy Paul
Ranked no. 53, the American reached the 2nd round after beating Cameron Norrie 4-6 7-62 6-3.
In the 1st round against Norrie, Tommy recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-62 6-3). During the match Paul scored 105 points vs Norrie’s 94. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about the service games, Paul made 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Tommy Paul was extremely efficient on serve to win 75% (41/55) of his 1st serve and 52% (17/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Paul broke Norrie 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Paul has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 65% of his matches (234-127). 2-1 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Paul has a 115-65 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
Paul has a 2-1 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Melbourne
Paul lost in the 3rd round to Marton Fucsovics.
Alexei Popyrin
Ranked no. 114, the Australian reached the 2nd round after defeating Borna Gojo 6-78 7-62 7-67.
In the 1st round against Gojo, Popyrin recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-78 7-62 7-67). During the match Popyrin scored 131 points vs Gojo’s 128. Popyrin was very aggressive to blast 73 winners.
Talking about serving, Popyrin made 16 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Alexei Popyrin was extremely effective on serve to win 81% (73/90) of his 1st serve and 51% (23/45) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Australian broke Gojo twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).
Alexei has a 1-0 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Melbourne
Popyrin lost in the 3rd round to Daniil Medvedev.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Paul | Popyrin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 39 |
| Pts | 105-94 | 131-128 |
| Total Points | 199 | 259 |
| Winners | 41 | 73 |
| %Winners | 39% | 56% |
Both Paul and Popyrin played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Tommy Paul conceded 1 set, while Alexei Popyrin dropper 1 set. Talking about their workload, Paul and Popyrin have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Paul played 7 games less than Popyrin. The American scored 41 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian struck 73 winners (56%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Paul | Popyrin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 16 |
| 1st in | 55/88 | 90/135 |
| %1st in | 63% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 41/55 | 73/90 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 17/33 | 23/45 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 51% |
Paul made 7 aces . Popyrin managed to score 16 aces . Paul won 75% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Popyrin won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Paul | Popyrin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 2 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 2/9 |
| % Converted | 50% | 22% |
| Conceded | 4 | 8 |
| Saved | 1 | 6 |
| % Saved | 25% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
The American broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Tommy dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded. Alexei broke his opponent twice with a 22% conversion rate. Popyrin conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Paul | |||
| R1 Norrie |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-62 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 105-94 | 105-94 | |
| Total points | 199 | 199 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 55/88 | 55/88 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 41/55 | 41/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/33 | 17/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Popyrin | |||
| R1 Gojo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-78 7-62 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 39 | 39 | |
| pts | 131-128 | 131-128 | |
| Total points | 259 | 259 | |
| Winners | 73 | 73 | |
| %Winners | 56% | 56% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 16 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 90/135 | 90/135 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 73/90 | 73/90 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/45 | 23/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/9 | 2/9 | |
| Converted % | 22% | 22% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLLLWLWLW Tennis Scores in Melbourne
- Gilles SimonSimon – Elias YmerYmer (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (4-6 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Viktor TroickiTroicki (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Andrew HarrisHarris – Taro DanielDaniel (5-7 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Michael MmohMmoh (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Yuichi SugitaSugita – Quentin HalysHalys (3-6 7-63 7-5) – See score progression
- Jiri VeselyVesely – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Alexandre MullerMuller (3-6 6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Tomas MachacMachac (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Borna GojoGojo (6-78 7-62 7-67) – See score progression
- Pedro SousaSousa – Li TuTu (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (3-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Harry BourchierBourchier – Marc PolmansPolmans (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Richard BerankisBerankis – Sumit NagalNagal (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Cameron NorrieNorrie (4-6 7-62 6-3) – See score progression
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Richard GasquetGasquet (7-62 7-5) – See score progression
- Jeremy ChardyChardy – Marin CilicCilic (2-6 6-3 7-68) – See score progression
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Blake MottMott (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Federico CoriaCoria – Radu AlbotAlbot (7-63 6-4) – See score progression
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (7-68 6-3) – See score progression
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Mikael YmerYmer (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Egor GerasimovGerasimov – Lloyd HarrisHarris (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Alex BoltBolt – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (2-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Gilles SimonSimon – Elias YmerYmer (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Viktor TroickiTroicki (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Alexandre MullerMuller (3-6 6-4 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Jiri VeselyVesely – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Yuichi SugitaSugita – Quentin HalysHalys (3-6 7-6(3) 7-5) – See score progression
- Andrew HarrisHarris – Taro DanielDaniel (5-7 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Jeremy ChardyChardy – Gilles SimonSimon (3-4) – H2H and prediction
- Yuichi SugitaSugita – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro SousaSousa – Daniel EvansEvans (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Marcos GironGiron (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Richard BerankisBerankis – Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Federico CoriaCoria – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex BoltBolt – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Harry BourchierBourchier – Nick KyrgiosKyrgios (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrew HarrisHarris – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Borna CoricCoric – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Casper RuudRuud – Jiri VeselyVesely (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – James DuckworthDuckworth (0-0) – H2H and prediction
