Daniil Medvedev and Alexei Popyrin will face off in the 3rd round of the Miami Open for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 1:30 pm on Grandstand. 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 2 sets.
Daniil Medvedev -> 1.155
Alexei Popyrin -> 5.7
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Prediction and head to head Daniil Medvedev vs. Alexei Popyrin
This will be the 3rd time that Daniil Medvedev and Alexei Popyrin clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Medvedev (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Medvedev won 6-4 6-3 6-2 in the 3rd round in at the Australian Open back in 2020.
Highlights Daniil Medvedev vs Alexei Popyrin – Australian Open 25-January-2020
Daniil Medvedev
Ranked no. 2 (career high), Medvedev reached the 3rd round after defeating Yen-Hsun Lu 6-2 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Lu (6-2 6-2). During the match Medvedev scored 59 points vs Lu’s 29. The Russian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Medvedev managed to score 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Daniil Medvedev was quite effective on serve to win 85% (22/26) of his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Russian broke Lu 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Medvedev has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 69% of his matches (331-150). 11-1 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Medvedev has a 133-50 record in the last 9 years on hard.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in in Marseille where he defeated Pierre-Hugues Herbert in the final 6-4 6-7(4) 6-4.
Daniil has a 15-2 win-loss record in 2021, 11-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Miami
Previously, his best result was reaching the 4th round in 2019. See his history.
Alexei Popyrin
Ranked no. 86, the Australian got to the 3rd round after beating Feliciano Lopez 6-4 7-64 and Reilly Opelka 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Opelka (6-4 6-2). During the match Popyrin scored 61 points vs Opelka’s 45. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Popyrin recorded 13 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Alexei Popyrin was extremely effective on serve to win 82% (28/34) of his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alexei broke Opelka 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alexei started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.
His best result of the year was conquering the title in in Singapore where he beat Alexander Bublik in the final 4-6 6-0 6-2.
Alexei has a 11-3 win-loss record in 2021, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Medvedev | Popyrin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 41 |
| Pts | 59-29 | 128-104 |
| Total Points | 88 | 232 |
| Winners | 22 | 53 |
| %Winners | 37% | 41% |
Medvedev played 1 match while Popyrin competed in 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Medvedev has played 2 set(s) less than Popyrin (2 vs 4). Therefore, Medvedev played 25 games less than Popyrin. Medvedev scored 22 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Alexei made 53 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Medvedev | Popyrin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 22 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 11 |
| 1st in | 26/43 | 66/120 |
| %1st in | 60% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 22/26 | 53/66 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 32/54 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 59% |
Medvedev blasted 9 aces . Popyrin struck 22 aces (11 per match). Medvedev won 85% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Popyrin won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Medvedev | Popyrin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 6/9 |
| % Converted | 63% | 67% |
| Conceded | 4 | 8 |
| Saved | 3 | 6 |
| % Saved | 75% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
The Russian broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Medvedev surrendered his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Alexei broke his opponents 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Medvedev | |||
| R2 Lu | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 59-29 | 59-29 | |
| Total points | 88 | 88 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 26/43 | 26/43 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 22/26 | 22/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 10/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Popyrin | ||||
| R1 Lopez | R2 Opelka | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-64 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 18 | 41 | |
| pts | 67-59 | 61-45 | 128-104 | |
| Total points | 126 | 106 | 232 | |
| Winners | 25 | 28 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 46% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 13 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 32/66 | 34/54 | 66/120 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 63% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 25/32 | 28/34 | 53/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 82% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/34 | 12/20 | 32/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 60% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/6 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 50% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3/3 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 100% | 160% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Tennis Scores in Miami
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Bjorn FratangeloFratangelo (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Aljaz BedeneBedene (7-66 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Milos RaonicRaonic – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Denis KudlaKudla (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Marin CilicCilic – Christian GarinGarin (3-6 7-5 7-65) – See score progression
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Benoit PairePaire (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexander BublikBublik – Laslo DjereDjere (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Hugo GastonGaston (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Yen-Hsun LuLu (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Alexander ZverevZverev (1-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- John IsnerIsner – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (2-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Mikael YmerYmer – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-3 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – David GoffinGoffin (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Lloyd HarrisHarris (w/o) – See score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Daniel EvansEvans (6-75 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Marcos GironGiron (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Richard BerankisBerankis (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Marin CilicCilic – Christian GarinGarin (3-6 7-5 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Benoit PairePaire (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Denis KudlaKudla (7-6(5) 6-4) – See score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Joao SousaSousa (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Milos RaonicRaonic – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Bjorn FratangeloFratangelo (6-4 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Aljaz BedeneBedene (7-6(6) 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marin CilicCilic – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Andrey RublevRublev (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander BublikBublik – James DuckworthDuckworth (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Dusan LajovicLajovic (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Mikael YmerYmer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Milos RaonicRaonic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – John IsnerIsner (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Fabio FogniniFognini (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (1-1) – H2H and prediction