Alexei Popyrin and Viktor Durasovic will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Manama Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
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 -> 1.139
Viktor Durasovic -> 5.1
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Prediction and head to head Alexei Popyrin vs. Viktor Durasovic
There is no head to head record between Alexei Popyrin and Viktor Durasovic since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Alexei Popyrin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-11 | 7-4 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-29 | 18-14 | 15-6 | 1-4 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-31 | 7-16 | 7-4 | 3-5 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-26 | 13-11 | 8-6 | 10-5 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-16 | 3-4 | 5-5 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 91, Alexei got to the 2nd round after beating Otto Virtanen 7-5 6-2.
In the 1st round, Alexei had a good straight sets win against Virtanen (7-5 6-2). During the match, Popyrin scored 70 points vs Virtanen’s 56. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Popyrin struck 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Alexei Popyrin was very effective on serve to win 80% (24/30) of his 1st serve and 63% (17/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Australian broke Virtanen 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Popyrin has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 56% of his matches (214-165). 7-3 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Popyrin has a compiled108-80 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
Alexei has an aggregate 7-3 win-loss record in 2023, 7-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Manama Challenger
Popyrin has never competed in this tournament before.
Viktor Durasovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-20 | 8-4 | 9-12 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-37 | 5-8 | 17-18 | 2-9 | 0-1 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 28-36 | 2-7 | 15-18 | 11-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-24 | 2-4 | 13-12 | 16-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-14 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 362, Viktor reached the 2nd round after beating Romain Arneodo 6-0 7-5, Salvatore Caruso 6-3 3-6 6-1 and Aleksandr Braynin 6-76 6-1 7-5.
In the 1st round against Braynin, Durasovic recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-76 6-1 7-5). During the match Durasovic scored 103 points vs Braynin’s 86. Durasovic was very aggressive to blast 43 winners.
About the serving games, Durasovic scored 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Viktor Durasovic was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 77% (43/56) of his 1st serve and 65% (17/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Durasovic broke Braynin 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
The Norwegian has an overall 4-6 win-loss record in 2023, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Popyrin | Durasovic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 75 |
| Pts | 70-56 | 260-206 |
| Total Points | 126 | 466 |
| Winners | 24 | 99 |
| %Winners | 34% | 38% |
Popyrin played 1 match while Durasovic competed in 3 matches. Durasovic started his run from the qualifications while Popyrin had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Viktor Durasovic lost 2 sets while Alexei Popyrin hasn’t dropped a set so far. Popyrin has played 6 set(s) less than Durasovic (2 vs 8). Therefore, Popyrin played 55 games less than Durasovic. The Australian scored 24 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The Norwegian recorded 99 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Popyrin | Durasovic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 5.3 |
| 1st in | 30/57 | 129/207 |
| %1st in | 53% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 99/129 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 17/27 | 49/78 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 63% |
Popyrin fired 5 aces . Durasovic struck 16 aces (5.3 per match). Popyrin won 80% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Durasovic won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Popyrin | Durasovic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 14 |
| Converted | 4/12 | 14/34 |
| % Converted | 33% | 41% |
| Conceded | 5 | 8 |
| Saved | 4 | 4 |
| % Saved | 80% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Alexei broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. Popyrin dropped his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The Norwegian broke his opponents 14 times with a 41% conversion rate. Durasovic conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Popyrin | |||
| R1 Virtanen |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 70-56 | 70-56 | |
| Total points | 126 | 126 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 30/57 | 30/57 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 24/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/27 | 17/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/12 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Durasovic | |||||
| Q1 Arneodo |
Q3 Caruso |
R1 Braynin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 7-5 | 6-3 3-6 6-1 | 6-76 6-1 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 25 | 32 | 75 | |
| pts | 74-53 | 83-67 | 103-86 | 260-206 | |
| Total points | 127 | 150 | 189 | 466 | |
| Winners | 23 | 33 | 43 | 99 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 40% | 42% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 29/51 | 44/74 | 56/82 | 129/207 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 59% | 68% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 33/44 | 43/56 | 99/129 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 75% | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 21/30 | 17/26 | 49/78 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 70% | 65% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 5 | 14 | |
| Converted | 6/14 | 3/9 | 5/11 | 14/34 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 33% | 45% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 50% | 0% | 110% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
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