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Sebastian Korda and Alexei Popyrin will square off in the 1st round of the Astana Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sebastian Korda who should win in 2 sets.
Sebastian Korda -> 1.34
Alexei Popyrin -> 3.26
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Prediction and head to head Sebastian Korda vs. Alexei Popyrin
This will be the 2nd time that Sebastian Korda and Alexei Popyrin face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Korda (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Korda won 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in the Eckental Challenger back in 2020.
Sebastian Korda
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| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11-10 | 6-4 | 5-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-19 | 17-9 | 5-5 | 2-2 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-16 | 18-8 | 1-3 | 4-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-22 | 13-9 | 8-6 | 12-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-20 | 12-8 | 6-5 | 13-5 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 28, the American will start his run in Astana after he played his last match in Zhuhai where he lost 7-5 6-4 to Khachanov in the semifinal on the 25th of September.
Sebastian has a composed 18-12 win-loss record in 2023, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on indoor hard courts.
The American’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Adelaide.
Talking about his overall career, Sebastian has an overall 203-133 record. He has a positive 35-20 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in Astana
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexei Popyrin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12-15 | 2-6 | 9-6 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 30-22 | 17-8 | 4-8 | 4-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-29 | 18-14 | 15-6 | 1-4 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-31 | 7-16 | 7-4 | 3-5 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-26 | 13-11 | 8-6 | 10-5 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 45, Alexei will start his run in Astana after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 6-3 6-4 3-6 6-3 to Stricker in the 1st round on the 28th of August.
Alexei has an overall 33-23 win-loss record in 2023, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)
.This will be the first match of the year on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the season was winning the title in Umag where he overcame Stan Wawrinka in the final 6-7(5) 6-3 6-4.
In terms of his career, Popyrin has an overall 240-185 record. He has a positive 34-29 record on indoor hard courts.
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Tennis Scores in Astana
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (7-64 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marcos GironGiron – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (6-76 7-64 7-66) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alibek KachmazovKachmazov – Corentin MoutetMoutet (6-3 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (6-3 7-68) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Egor GerasimovGerasimov – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (7-65 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (2-6 6-4 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic – Laslo DjereDjere (6-3 2-1 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (5-7 7-66 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
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Upcoming matches in the draw
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Sebastian OfnerOfner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marcos GironGiron – Dominic ThiemThiem (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Sebastian KordaKorda (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Sebastian BaezBaez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
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