Alexei Popyrin bests O Connell in the 1st round to set up a battle vs Auger-Aliassime at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia – ROME RESULTS

INTERNAZIONALI BNL D'ITALIA - ROME DRAW AND RESULTS. Popyrin bests O Connell to compete against Felix Auger-Aliassime in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Alexei Popyrin vs. Christopher O Connell

Alexei Popyrin tops Christopher O Connell 6-2 7-6(5) in the 1st round in Rome on Wednesday in what was an all-Australian contest. Popyrin will fight against Felix Auger-Aliassime in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 35 minutes. This will be his best result in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do was reach the qualifications in 2020. Here you can see his previous results at this event.

Popyrin
Rome
Popyrin's Record

Popyrin added to his prize money € 10,705 after winning this match. He has already won € 27,045 after this win. If he wins the next match, Popyrin will add € 21,790 to his earnings to get in total € 48,835 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Popyrin
Connell
Alexei Popyrin
6-2 7-65
1h:35
Christopher O Connell
71
71
Total points
52
52
36
36
Winners
26
26
51%
51%
Ratio Winners
50%
50%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
0
0
1
1
Double Faults
6
6
68%
68%
1st in
54%
54%
86%
86%
1st won
79%
79%
36/42
36/42
1st won
26/33
26/33
55%
55%
2nd won
39%
39%
11/20
11/20
2nd won
11/28
11/28
-- Break Points --
3/4
3/4
Total
1/6
1/6
75%
75%
Won
17%
17%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, Popyrin scored 71 points vs. O Connell’s 52.

Popyrin

Popyrin served extremely well to win 86% of the points (36/42) behind his first serve, and he won 55% points (11/20) on his second serve. Popyrin struck 10 aces and he committed 1 double fault. Popyrin was sharp when converting 75% of the break points that he conquered (3/4).

O Connell

On the other side, Christopher had some problems converting his break points (only 17% – 1/6). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Popyrin and O Connell is 1-0 for Alexei.

Draw and next match H2H: Alexei Popyrin vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime – stats

Popyrin will square off with Auger-Aliassime in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Alexei Popyrin and Felix Auger-Aliassime square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Popyrin (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Popyrin won 6-4 7-65 in the 1st round in Adelaide back in January 2023.

Alexei Popyrin Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Popyrin 6-2
PopyrinConnell
6
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
PopyrinConnell
6
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
PopyrinConnell
5
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
PopyrinConnell
4
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
PopyrinConnell
3
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
PopyrinConnell
3
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
PopyrinConnell
2
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
PopyrinConnell
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
PopyrinConnell
1
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15

Popyrin was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Christopher O Connell in the 1st game (1-0). Popyrin reinforced his lead after breaking Christopher in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).

O Connell was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-2 to 6-2.

Alexei was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40). On the other side, O Connell was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 8th game (2-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 52 points. Popyrin was the winner of the set after clinching 12 points more than Christopher (32-20). Popyrin lost 6 points on serve (18-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Christopher conceded 14 points on serve (14-14).

2nd Set -
Popyrin 7-6
PopyrinConnell
7
6
C
0
1
P
1
1
P
2
1
C
2
2
C
2
3
P
3
3
P
4
3
C
4
4
C
4
5
P
5
5
P
6
5
C
7
5
PopyrinConnell
6
6
15
0
30
0
40
0
PopyrinConnell
5
6
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
PopyrinConnell
5
5
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
PopyrinConnell
4
5
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
PopyrinConnell
4
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
PopyrinConnell
3
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
PopyrinConnell
3
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
PopyrinConnell
3
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
PopyrinConnell
2
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
PopyrinConnell
1
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
PopyrinConnell
1
1
15
0
30
0
40
0

Alexei won the set after he broke Christopher in the 5th (3-2) game. Christopher tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. Yet, Popyrin maintained the focus to eventually clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 5.

Tiebreak

The only difference was a minibreak conquered by Popyrin in the 12th point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5

Alexei converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (2-2 15-40 and 30-40). Popyrin saved 1 set point when he was trailing 4-5. Also, on the other side, Christopher converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 6th game (2-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 71 points. Alexei was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than Christopher (39-32). Popyrin surrendered 9 points on serve (30-9). on the other side of the net, O Connell conceded 9 points on serve (23-9).

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

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