Aslan Karatsev defeats Popyrin in the 1st round to set up a battle vs Tiafoe – FRENCH OPEN RESULTS

FRENCH OPEN - PARIS DRAW AND RESULTS. Karatsev bests Popyrin to fight against Frances Tiafoe in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Aslan Karatsev vs. Alexei Popyrin

Aslan Karatsev overcomes Alexei Popyrin 6-3 6-7(4) 6-1 6-2 in the 1st round in Paris on Monday. Karatsev will face Frances Tiafoe in the 2nd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 57 minutes. This run will match his best result in this competition. Here you can see his history at this event.

Karatsev
Paris
Karatsev's Record

Karatsev added to his prize money € 28,000 after winning this match. He has already won € 97,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Russian will add € 45,000 to his earnings to get in total € 142,000 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Karatsev
Popyrin
Aslan Karatsev
6-3 6-74 6-1
6-2
2h:57
Alexei Popyrin
132
132
Total points
102
102
54
54
Winners
52
52
41%
41%
Ratio Winners
51%
51%
33
33
Unforced
38
38
46%
46%
Ratio Unforced
54%
54%
15/19
15/19
Net Approaches
13/20
13/20
79%
79%
Perc
65%
65%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
9
9
4
4
Double Faults
6
6
61%
61%
1st in
61%
61%
78%
78%
1st won
70%
70%
54/69
54/69
1st won
52/74
52/74
61%
61%
2nd won
38%
38%
27/44
27/44
2nd won
18/47
18/47
-- Break Points --
6/17
6/17
Total
1/5
1/5
35%
35%
Won
20%
20%
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At the end of the match, Aslan scored 132 points vs. Popyrin’s 102.

Karatsev

The Russian served very well to win 78% of the points (54/69) behind his first serve, and he won 61% points (27/44) on his second serve. Aslan won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points as he converted only 35% (6/17) of the procured opportunities.

Popyrin

On the other side, Popyrin wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Karatsev and Popyrin is 2-0 for Aslan.

Draw and next match H2H: Aslan Karatsev vs. Frances Tiafoe – stats

Karatsev will compete against Tiafoe in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Aslan Karatsev and Frances Tiafoe since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Aslan Karatsev Draw info

Aslan had an good ride in the last 2 sets to drop 3 games after winning 57 points vs. Tiafoe’s 35 points.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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Karatsev conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Alexei Popyrin in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break resulted decisive for the Russian to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks anymore.

Aslan converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, the Russian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 53 points. The Russian conquered the set after winning 11 points more than Popyrin (32-21). The Russian conceded 5 points on serve (20-5). In addition, on the other side, Alexei conceded 12 points on serve (16-12).

2nd Set -
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Alexei won the set after he broke Karatsev in the 4th (3-1) game. Karatsev tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. Yet, Popyrin didn’t make any concession anymore to eventually clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 4.

Tiebreak

Alexei won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 6th (4-2), 7th (5-2) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, the Russian won 2 minibreaks in the 4th (1-3) and 9th (3-6) point.

Alexei won the tiebreak 7-4 after he conquered a decisive 4-2 lead.

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

The Australian was perfect in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 15-40), the 6th (3-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, Karatsev was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (1-3 40-A).

They contested 89 points. The contest during this set was so even that Alexei won just 1 point more than the Russian (45-44). Popyrin surrendered 15 points on serve (30-15). On the losing side, the Russian conceded 15 points on serve (29-15).

3rd Set -
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Karatsev conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Alexei Popyrin in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. The Russian improved his lead after breaking Popyrin in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).

A defining moment of this set was when Aslan won 5 consecutive games in the 3rd set so as to change the score from 0-0 to 5-0.

Aslan converted 25% of his break points (2/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 4th game (3-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Karatsev didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 44 points. Karatsev was the one to win the set after conquering 12 points more than Alexei (28-16). The Russian conceded 5 points on serve (16-5). On the losing side, Popyrin conceded 12 points on serve (11-12).

4th Set -
Karatsev

Karatsev in this set was more solid than the Australian and without many problems he won 6-2 after breaking Popyrin in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

Popyrin was completely outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-2 to 6-2.

Aslan converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Aslan didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 48 points. Aslan won 10 points more than the Australian (29-19). Karatsev conceded 6 points on serve (17-6). on the other side of the net, Alexei conceded 12 points on serve (13-12).

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

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