Alexei Popyrin shocks Marcos Giron 4-6 6-4 6-3 in the 2nd round in Adelaide on Wednesday. Popyrin will square off with Yoshihito Nishioka in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 52 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this competition. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 1st round in 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Australian added to his prize money $ 7,520 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 18,175 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Australian will add $ 13,975 to his earnings to get in total $ 32,150 in total.
Highlights Alexei Popyrin vs. Marcos Giron Adelaide International 1 – Adelaide
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Popyrin scored 87 points vs. Marcos’s 75.
Popyrin
Popyrin served exceptionally well to win 84% of the points (49/58) behind his first serve, and he won 52% points (13/25) on his second serve. The Australian fired 16 aces and he committed 1 double fault. The Australian was pretty focused in converting 67% of the break points that he conquered (2/3).
Giron
On the other side, Marcos wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Popyrin and Giron is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Alexei Popyrin vs. Yoshihito Nishioka – stats
Popyrin will face Nishioka in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Alexei Popyrin and Yoshihito Nishioka since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the American grabbed in the 7th game (4-3) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-4).
Giron was perfect in converting all his break points in the 7th game (3-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Marcos didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 59 points. The American was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than Popyrin (33-26). Marcos lost 6 points on serve (21-6). on the other side of the net, Alexei conceded 12 points on serve (20-12).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Alexei conquered in the 10th
game (6-4).The American lost the 10th game (6-4) when he was 40-0 up.
The Australian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 10th game (5-4 40-A). On the other side, Alexei didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 59 points. Popyrin won 7 more points than the American (33-26). Alexei surrendered 6 points on serve (22-6). on the other side of the net, Marcos conceded 11 points on serve (20-11).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Australian clinched in the 8th game (5-3) prior to eventually winning the set (6-3).
Popyrin converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 8th game (4-3 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Popyrin didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 44 points. Popyrin conquered the set after winning 12 points more than Marcos (28-16). Alexei was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (20-3). on the other side of the court, Marcos conceded 8 points on serve (13-8).
Tennis Scores in Adelaide
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Marcos GironGiron (4-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Jack DraperDraper (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-0 6-3) – Stats and score progression
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