Alexei Popyrin surprises Auger-Aliassime in the 2nd round to collide vs Safiullin at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia. HIGHLIGHTS – ROME RESULTS

INTERNAZIONALI BNL D'ITALIA - ROME DRAW AND RESULTS. Popyrin shocks Auger-Aliassime to square off with Roman Safiullin in the 3rd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Alexei Popyrin vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime

Alexei Popyrin upsets Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-4 4-6 7-5 in the 2nd round in Rome on Friday. Popyrin will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Roman Safiullin in the 3rd round. The epic lasted 3 hours and 17 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this tournament. Previously, 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 € 21,790 after conquering this match. He has already won € 48,835 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Australian will add € 36,065 to his earnings to get in total € 84,900 in total.

Highlights Alexei Popyrin vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Popyrin
Auger-Aliassime
Alexei Popyrin
6-4 4-6 7-5
3h:17
Felix Auger-Aliassime
110
110
Total points
100
100
46
46
Winners
46
46
42%
42%
Ratio Winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
7
7
2
2
Double Faults
9
9
64%
64%
1st in
56%
56%
75%
75%
1st won
72%
72%
46/61
46/61
1st won
46/64
46/64
62%
62%
2nd won
51%
51%
21/34
21/34
2nd won
26/51
26/51
-- Break Points --
3/16
3/16
Total
2/4
2/4
19%
19%
Won
50%
50%
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At the end of the match, Alexei scored 110 points vs. Felix’s 100.

Popyrin

Popyrin served very well to win 75% of the points (46/61) behind his first serve, and he won 62% points (21/34) on his second serve. Alexei won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points as he converted only 19% (3/16) of the procured opportunities.

Auger-Aliassime

On the other side, Felix didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (2/4). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Popyrin and Auger-Aliassime is 2-0 for Alexei.

Draw and next match H2H: Alexei Popyrin vs. Roman Safiullin – stats

Popyrin will face Safiullin in the 3rd round.

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

Alexei Popyrin Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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PopyrinAuger-Aliassime
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0
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Popyrin started the set in the best possible way after breaking Felix Auger-Aliassime in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, there was more work to do for Alexei to win the set since Felix managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Popyrin kept his focus to break Felix in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

Felix couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-4 to 6-4.

Alexei converted 25% of his break points (2/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Auger-Aliassime converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 40-A) and the 4th game (2-1 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 86 points. The Australian was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than Auger-Aliassime (45-41). Alexei lost 14 points on serve (24-14). On the other side, Auger-Aliassime conceded 21 points on serve (27-21).

2nd Set -
Popyrin Not
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0
0
0
0

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Canadian snatched in the 10th game (6-4) before finally winning the set (6-4).

Felix failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 0.

The Canadian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 10th game (5-4 40-A). On the other side, the Australian was perfect in converting all his break points in the 5th game (2-2 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 65 points. The Canadian was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than the Australian (35-30). Felix conceded 11 points on serve (25-11). on the other side of the net, the Australian conceded 10 points on serve (19-10).

3rd Set -
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0
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0
0
0
0

Similarly to the 2nd set, both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Popyrin grabbed in the 11th game (6-5) before ultimately conquering the set (7-5).

Alexei lost a big opportunity to break the Canadian in the 3rd game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Alexei converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Australian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 59 points. Popyrin was the winner of the set after clinching 11 more points than the Canadian (35-24). Popyrin was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (24-4). In addition, on the other side, the Canadian conceded 11 points on serve (20-11).

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

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