Alexei Popyrin defeats Safiullin in the 3rd round to play vs Rune at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia – ROME RESULTS

INTERNAZIONALI BNL D'ITALIA - ROME DRAW AND RESULTS. Popyrin beats Safiullin to play Holger Rune in the 4th round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Alexei Popyrin vs. Roman Safiullin

Alexei Popyrin hustles Roman Safiullin 7-5 7-5 in the 3rd round in Rome on Sunday. Popyrin will fight against Holger Rune in the 4th round. The match lasted 1 hour and 54 minutes. This will be his best result in this competition. Previously, the best he could do was reach the qualifications in 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.

Popyrin
Rome
Popyrin's Record

Alexei added to his prize money € 36,065 after winning this match. He has already won € 84,900 after this win. If he wins the next match, Alexei will add € 76,625 to his earnings to get in total € 161,525 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Popyrin
Safiullin
Alexei Popyrin
7-5 7-5
1h:54
Roman Safiullin
71
71
Total points
63
63
29
29
Winners
34
34
41%
41%
Ratio Winners
54%
54%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
0
0
0
0
Double Faults
2
2
65%
65%
1st in
72%
72%
67%
67%
1st won
69%
69%
29/43
29/43
1st won
34/49
34/49
74%
74%
2nd won
47%
47%
17/23
17/23
2nd won
9/19
9/19
-- Break Points --
3/4
3/4
Total
1/1
1/1
75%
75%
Won
100%
100%
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At the end of the match, the Australian scored 71 points vs. Roman’s 63.

Popyrin

Popyrin didn’t lose the concentration in converting 75% of the break points that he conquered (3/4).

Safiullin

On the other side, Roman was fantastic in converting the only break point that he converted. Anyhow, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this contest, the head to head between Popyrin and Safiullin is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Alexei Popyrin vs. Holger Rune – stats

Popyrin will face Rune in the 4th round.

There is no head to head record between Alexei Popyrin and Holger Rune since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Alexei Popyrin Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Popyrin 7-5
PopyrinSafiullin
7
5
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
PopyrinSafiullin
7
5
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
PopyrinSafiullin
6
5
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
PopyrinSafiullin
5
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
PopyrinSafiullin
4
5
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
PopyrinSafiullin
4
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
PopyrinSafiullin
3
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
PopyrinSafiullin
3
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
PopyrinSafiullin
3
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
PopyrinSafiullin
2
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
PopyrinSafiullin
1
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
PopyrinSafiullin
1
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
PopyrinSafiullin
0
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40

Popyrin won the set after he broke the Russian in the 5th (3-2) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Safiullin tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. Nonetheless, Popyrin kept the focus to win the set 7-5.

Safiullin was completely outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 4-5 to 7-5.

The Australian converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (2-2 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40). On the other side, the Russian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (2-3 30-40).

They contested 73 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Popyrin won just 3 more points than Safiullin (38-35). The Australian conceded 11 points on serve (22-11). In addition, on the other side, Roman conceded 16 points on serve (24-16).

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

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Alexei conquered in the 11th game (6-5) before finally winning the set (7-5).

Alexei was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 11th game (5-5 30-40). On the other side, the Australian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 61 points. The Australian won 5 points more than Roman (33-28). Popyrin dropped 9 points on serve (24-9). on the other side of the net, Safiullin conceded 9 points on serve (19-9).

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