Holger Rune dispatches Alexei Popyrin 6-4 5-7 6-4 in the 4th round in Rome on Tuesday. Rune will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Novak Djokovic in the quarter. The epic lasted exactly 3 hours. This will be his best result in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do was reach the qualifications in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
Holger added to his prize money € 76,625 after winning this match. He has already won € 161,525 after this win. If he wins the next match, Holger will add € 147,265 to his earnings to get in total € 308,790 in total.
Highlights Holger Rune vs. Alexei Popyrin Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsCxuKDjYAk
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, Holger scored 111 points vs. Alexei’s 105.
Rune
The Dane won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points as he converted only 13% (2/15) of the procured opportunities.
Popyrin
On the other side, the Australian was not so effective in converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Rune and Popyrin is 1-0 for Holger.
Draw and next match H2H: Holger Rune vs. Novak Djokovic – stats
Rune will fight against Djokovic in the quarter.
This will be the 3rd time that Holger Rune and Novak Djokovic square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Rune and Djokovic (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Holger conquered in the 3rd game (2-1) just before eventually conquering the set (6-4).
The Dane converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (3-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, the Dane didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 69 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Dane won just 3 more points than the Australian (36-33). Rune surrendered 6 points on serve (20-6). On the losing side, Alexei conceded 16 points on serve (27-16).
Similarly to the 1st set, the set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Alexei snatched in the 12th game (7-5) just before eventually conquering the set (7-5).
The Australian failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 15.
Alexei was on the money in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 10th (5-4 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). Also, on the other side, Rune was unerring in converting all his break points in the 6th (3-3 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 86 points. Alexei conquered the set after winning 6 points more than Holger (46-40). Popyrin dropped 13 points on serve (29-13). On the other side, Rune conceded 17 points on serve (27-17).
Similarly to the 2nd set, the set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that the Dane conquered in the 5th game (3-2) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-4).
Holger converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40), the 7th (4-2 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Rune didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 61 points. Holger won 9 points more than Alexei (35-26). Holger conceded 6 points on serve (20-6). Regarding the other side of the net, the Australian conceded 15 points on serve (20-15).
Tennis Scores in Rome
- Casper RuudRuud – Laslo DjereDjere (6-1 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Holger RuneRune – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-4 5-7 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Jannik SinnerSinner (6-73 6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Andrey RublevRublev (7-65 4-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
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