Botic Van De Zandschulp dispatches Popyrin in the 2nd round to set up a clash vs Ruud in the next round at the Miami Open – MIAMI RESULTS

MIAMI OPEN - MIAMI DRAW AND RESULTS. Van De Zandschulp gets the better of Popyrin to face Casper Ruud in the 3rd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Botic Van De Zandschulp vs. Alexei Popyrin

Botic Van De Zandschulp defeats Alexei Popyrin 4-6 7-6(4) 6-2 in the 2nd round in Miami on Friday. Van De Zandschulp will face Casper Ruud in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 43 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this competition. In the past, the best he could do was reach the 1st round in 2022. Here you can see his previous results at this event.

Van De Zandschulp
Miami
Van De Zandschulp's Record

The Dutch added to his prize money $ 24,885 after winning this match. He has already won $ 55,770 after this win. If he wins the next match, Van De Zandschulp will add $ 41,185 to his earnings to get in total $ 96,955 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Zandschulp
Popyrin
Botic Van De Zandschulp
4-6 7-64 6-2
2h:43
Alexei Popyrin
97
97
Total points
94
94
49
49
Winners
39
39
51%
51%
Ratio Winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
13
13
5
5
Double Faults
0
0
60%
60%
1st in
53%
53%
79%
79%
1st won
83%
83%
49/62
49/62
1st won
39/47
39/47
49%
49%
2nd won
51%
51%
20/41
20/41
2nd won
21/41
21/41
-- Break Points --
2/5
2/5
Total
1/7
1/7
40%
40%
Won
14%
14%
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At the end of the match, Van De Zandschulp scored 97 points vs. Popyrin’s 94.

Van De Zandschulp

Van De Zandschulp served extremely well to win 79% of the points (49/62) behind his first serve. Yet he won only 49% points (20/41) on his second serve. Van De Zandschulp won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points since he converted only 40% (2/5) of the procured opportunities.

Popyrin

On the other side, Alexei was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 14% – 1/7). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Van De Zandschulp and Popyrin is 2-0 for Botic.

Draw and next match H2H: Botic Van De Zandschulp vs. Casper Ruud – stats

Van De Zandschulp will face Ruud in the 3rd round.

This will be the 4th time that Botic Van De Zandschulp and Casper Ruud clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Van De Zandschulp (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

Botic Van De Zandschulp Draw info

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1st Set -
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Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Alexei snatched in the 9th game (5-4) before eventually conquering the set (6-4).

The Dutch was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-4 to 6-4.

The Australian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 9th game (4-4 15-40). On the other side, the Australian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 52 points. Popyrin was the winner of the set after clinching 6 more points than the Dutch (29-23). Popyrin was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (20-2). In addition, on the other side, Van De Zandschulp conceded 9 points on serve (21-9).

2nd Set -
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Botic won the set after he broke Alexei .

The Dutch was unable to convert any of the 3 conquered break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 30-40). In addition on the other side, Alexei was unable to convert any of his 5 break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (3-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40).

They played 92 points. It’s worth to point out that, Botic won this set even if he scored less points 4 than Popyrin (44-48). The Dutch surrendered 13 points on serve (25-13). On the losing side, Alexei conceded 19 points on serve (35-19).

3rd Set -
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Botic in this set was too good for Popyrin and finally he won 6-2 after breaking Alexei in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

The Dutch was unerring in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). On the other side, Alexei wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 8th game (2-5 30-40).

They played 47 points. Van De Zandschulp was the winner of the set after clinching 11 points more than Alexei (29-18). Van De Zandschulp dropped 10 points on serve (20-10). On the losing side, Alexei conceded 9 points on serve (8-9).

1st
Zandschulp
Popyrin
4-6
4
6
4
5
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Zandschulp
Popyrin
7-6
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
3rd
Zandschulp
Popyrin
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
 

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