Alexei Popyrin played a fantastic match against Jannik Sinner to stun the Italian in straight sets. This is the fourth match that Alexei won in Madrid since he started his run from the qualifications.
After reaching the third round, Popyrin establishes a new career-high record in the live rankings: after going up 15 places, he is now number 61. Popyrin will have the tough task of facing the great Rafael Nadal on Thursday. If ever he upsets the King of Clay, Alexei will be ranked the number 55. In the improbable case that the Australians win the Madrid Open, he is projected to be ranked the number 29 after the tournament.
Popyrin in Madrid, ranking, and results in 2021
Ranked no.76 (career-high), the Australian achieved an overall 19-7 match record in 2021. Popyrin is playing in Madrid where he ousted Federico Coria 6-74 6-4 6-3, Arthur Cazaux 7-5 7-60, Jan-Lennard Struff 6-3 7-64 and Jannik Sinner 7-65 6-2.
Alexei Popyrin will play the world no.2 Rafael Nadal in the 3rd round on Thursday at 3:00 pm on MANOLO SANTANA STADIUM. In the past, they have never competed against each other as of now in the main tour.
The Australian conquered 1 title in 2021 in Singapore.
Jannik Sinner in 2021
Currently ranked no.18 (career-high), Jannik played his last match on the 5th of May when he lost to world no.76 Alexei Popyrin 7-6(5) 6-2 in the 2nd round in Madrid (draw).
Currently, during this season Sinner owns a composed 19-8 win-loss record. This year, Jannik won 1 tournament in Melbourne. Sinner got to the final in Miami.
Alexei Popyrin and Jannik Sinner faced off just 1 time. Their current record is 1-0 for Popyrin. When they played, Alexei Popyrin won 7-6(5) 6-2 in the 2nd round in Madrid (Mutua Madrid Open) on the 5th of May 2021.
Nadal in Madrid, ranking, and results in 2021
At the moment ranked no.2, Nadal has a composed 12-2 record in 2021. The Spaniard is playing in Madrid where he defeated Carlos Alcaraz Garfia 6-1 6-2.
Rafael Nadal will face the world no.76 Alexei Popyrin in the 3rd round on Thursday at 3:00 pm on MANOLO SANTANA STADIUM. They have never played each other up to now in top events.
The Spaniard clinched 1 title in 2021 in Barcelona.
Nadal won 87 titles in his career: 21 on hard courts, 61 on clay courts, 1 on indoor courts and 4 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
