Alexei Popyrin and Yosuke Watanuki will square off in the qualifications of the Winston-Salem for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 2:00 pm on COURT 4. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexei Popyrin who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexei Popyrin is the pick to win this match.
Alexei Popyrin -> 1.3
Yosuke Watanuki -> 3.52
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Prediction and head to head Alexei Popyrin vs. Yosuke Watanuki
This will be the 2nd time that Alexei Popyrin and Yosuke Watanuki face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Popyrin (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Popyrin won 4-6 6-1 6-4 in the qualifications in Tokyo back in 2019.
Alexei Popyrin
Ranked no. 74, Alexei reached the qualifications after defeating Sasi Kumar Mukund 6-1 7-66.
In the qualifications, Alexei had a good straight sets win against Kumar Mukund (6-1 7-66). During the match, Popyrin and Kumar Mukund scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 74 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match.
Regarding the service games, Popyrin was unable to score even 1 ace during the match and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Alexei Popyrin conceded no breaks for the entire match to put NAN% of his first serves in, win NAN% (/) of the points behind his 1st serve and NAN% (/) on the 2nd serve.
Popyrin has a winning win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 58% of his matches (173-123). 8-8 on hard in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Popyrin has an overall89-58 record in the last 6 years on hard.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in in Singapore where he beat Alexander Bublik in the final 4-6 6-0 6-2.
Popyrin has a composed 22-18 win-loss record in 2021, 8-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Winston-Salem
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See his history.
Yosuke Watanuki
Ranked no. 255, Watanuki reached the qualifications after beating Yunseong Chung 6-3 7-63.
In the qualifications, Watanuki had a good straight sets win against Chung (6-3 7-63). During the match Watanuki scored 72 points vs Chung’s 62. Watanuki was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Watanuki recorded 13 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Overall, Yosuke Watanuki was very effective on serve to win 76% (32/42) of his 1st serve and 52% (17/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Yousuke broke Chung 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Yousuke has a composed 10-9 win-loss record in 2021, 4-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Popyrin | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 22 |
| Pts | 0-0 | 72-62 |
| Total Points | 0 | 134 |
| Winners | 0 | 32 |
| %Winners | NAN% | 44% |
Both Popyrin and Watanuki played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Popyrin and Watanuki have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Popyrin played 2 games less than Watanuki. The Australian scored 0 winners (NAN% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese scored 32 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Popyrin | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 13 |
| 1st in | 0/0 | 42/75 |
| %1st in | NAN% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 0/0 | 32/42 |
| %1st pts | NAN% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 0/0 | 17/33 |
| %2nd pts | NAN% | 52% |
Popyrin didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Watanuki managed to score 13 aces . Popyrin won NAN% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win NAN% of the points. On the other side, Watanuki won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Popyrin | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 0 | 3 |
| Converted | 0/0 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | NAN% | 50% |
| Conceded | 0 | 7 |
| Saved | 0 | 5 |
| % Saved | NAN% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
The Australian hasn’t manged yet to break his opponent. He didn’t manage to even clinch a single break point. The Australian pretty solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points without even conceding a single break point. Yousuke broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Yousuke conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Popyrin | |||
| Q1 Kumar Mukund |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | – | 0-0 | |
| Total points | 0 | 0 | |
| Winners | 0 | ||
| %Winners | NAN% | – | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | ||
| 1st in | / | 0/0 | |
| % 1st in | – | NAN% | |
| 1st pts | / | 0/0 | |
| % 1st pts | – | NAN% | |
| 2nd pts | / | 0/0 | |
| % 2nd pts | – | NAN% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 0 | ||
| Converted | / | 0/0 | |
| Converted % | – | NAN% | |
| Conceded | 0 | ||
| Saved | 0/ | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | ||
| Watanuki | |||
| Q1 Chung |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 72-62 | 72-62 | |
| Total points | 134 | 134 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 42/75 | 42/75 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 32/42 | 32/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/33 | 17/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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