James Duckworth conquers Alexei Popyrin 7-5 4-6 6-1 in the 1st round in San Diego on Monday in what was an all-Australian affair. The battle lasted 2 hours and 19 minutes.

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Duckworth's Record

James added to his prize money $ 4,175 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 10,740 after this win. If he wins the next match, James will add $ 7,755 to his earnings to get in total $ 18,495 in total.

Highlights James Duckworth vs. Alexei Popyrin San Diego Open – San Diego

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Duckworth
Popyrin
7-5 4-6 6-1
2h:19
98
98
Total points
80
80
40
40
Winners
34
34
41%
41%
Ratio Winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
14
14
Aces
7
7
1
1
Double Faults
5
5
53%
53%
1st in
57%
57%
85%
85%
1st won
67%
67%
40/47
40/47
1st won
34/51
34/51
50%
50%
2nd won
47%
47%
21/42
21/42
2nd won
18/38
18/38
-- Break Points --
4/10
4/10
Total
2/8
2/8
40%
40%
Won
25%
25%
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At the end of the match, Duckworth scored 98 points vs. Alexei’s 80.

Duckworth

Duckworth served very well to win 85% of the points (40/47) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (21/42) on his second serve. James fired 14 aces and he committed 1 double fault. James won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points after he converted only 40% (4/10) of the procured opportunities.

Popyrin

On the other side, Alexei was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 25% – 2/8). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Duckworth and Popyrin is 3-1 for James.

Live score progression and stats

Duckworth started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Alexei Popyrin in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, James managed to stage a great comeback to break Alexei in the 6th (3-3) gamein the 12th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

James converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 6th (2-3 0-40 and 15-40), the 10th (5-4 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40). Also, on the other side, Popyrin converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 71 points. James was the one to win the set after conquering 11 more points than Popyrin (41-30). Duckworth conceded 10 points on serve (25-10). on the other side of the net, Popyrin conceded 16 points on serve (20-16).

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Popyrin clinched in the 9th

game (5-4) just before finally winning the set (6-4).

Popyrin was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 9th game (4-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, James was perfect in converting all his break points in the 4th game (2-1 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 66 points. Alexei was the winner of the set after clinching 4 more points than James (35-31). Popyrin lost 12 points on serve (24-12). On the losing side, James conceded 11 points on serve (19-11

).

Duckworth had a favorable start in this set after breaking Alexei Popyrin in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. James extended his lead after breaking Popyrin in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).

Duckworth converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, James didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 41 points. Duckworth was the winner of the set after clinching 11 more points than Popyrin (26-15). James surrendered 7 points on serve (17-7). Regarding the other side of the net, Popyrin conceded 9 points on serve (8-9).

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