Alexei Popyrin wins against Matteo Arnaldi 6-7(2) 7-5 6-3 in the semifinal in Umag on Saturday. Popyrin will square off with Stan Wawrinka in the final. The epic lasted 3 hours and 16 minutes.
Alexei added to his prize money € 20,585 after winning this match. He has already won € 49,940 after this win. If he wins the next match, Popyrin will add € 35,665 to his earnings to get in total € 85,605 in total.
Highlights Alexei Popyrin vs. Matteo Arnaldi Plava Laguna Croatia Open – Umag
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
3h:16
At the end of the match, Alexei scored 121 points vs. Arnaldi’s 108.
Popyrin
Alexei served extremely well to win 81% of the points (46/57) behind his first serve, and he won 52% points (26/50) on his second serve. Alexei won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points as he converted only 21% (4/19) of the procured opportunities.
Arnaldi
On the other side, Matteo didn’t lose the focus when converting 67% of the break points that he procured points (2/3). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Popyrin and Arnaldi is 1-0 for Alexei.
Draw and next match H2H: Alexei Popyrin vs. Stan Wawrinka – stats
Popyrin will fight against Wawrinka in the final.
There is no head to head record between Alexei Popyrin and Stan Wawrinka since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Umag
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-72 7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (0-0) – H2H details and stats
