Sebastian Korda overcomes Popyrin in the 1st round to play vs Borges. HIGHLIGHTS – ASTANA RESULTS

Sebastian Korda victorious over Alexei Popyrin 7-6(5) 6-7(4) 6-4 in the 1^st round in Astana on Friday. Korda will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Nuno Borges in the 2^nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 54 minutes.

Astana

Korda's Record

Korda added to his prize money $ 6,950 after winning this match. He has already won $ 17,865 after this win. If he wins the next match, Korda will add $ 12,900 to his earnings to get in total $ 30,765 in total.

Highlights Sebastian Korda vs. Alexei Popyrin Astana Open – Astana

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Korda

Popyrin

7-6⁵ 6-7⁴ 6-4
2h:54

127

127

Total points

117

117

65

65

Winners

59

59

51%

51%

Ratio Winners

50%

50%

-- Serve --

19

19

Aces

12

12

4

4

Double Faults

5

5

70%

70%

1st in

63%

63%

78%

78%

1st won

75%

75%

65/83

65/83

1st won

59/79

59/79

43%

43%

2nd won

43%

43%

15/35

15/35

2nd won

20/47

20/47

-- Break Points --

2/3

2/3

Total

1/8

1/8

67%

67%

Won

13%

13%

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At the end of the match, Korda scored 127 points vs. Alexei’s 117.

Korda

Sebastian served extremely well to win 78% of the points (65/83) behind his first serve. Anyhow he won only 43% points (15/35) on his second serve. The American fired 19 aces and he committed 4 double faults. The American was pretty good at converting 67% of the break points that he procured (2/3).

Popyrin

On the other side, Alexei was not so effective in converting his break points (only 13% – 1/8). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Korda and Popyrin is 2-0 for Sebastian.

Draw and next match H2H: Sebastian Korda vs. Nuno Borges – stats

Korda will fight against Borges in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Sebastian Korda and Nuno Borges since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

The American won the set after he broke the Australian .

Sebastian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 11^th game (5-5 30-40). On the other side, Alexei was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5^th game (3-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 99 points. The American was the winner of the set after clinching 7 points more than the Australian (53-46). Korda conceded 17 points on serve (38-17). On the other side, the Australian conceded 15 points on serve (29-15).

The Australian won the set after he broke Sebastian .

The Australian was spot on in converting all his break points in the 9^th game (4-4 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Alexei didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 90 points. Alexei was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than Korda (47-43). Alexei lost 21 points on serve (38-21). On the other side, Korda conceded 9 points on serve (22-9).

Sebastian won the set after he broke Alexei in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 9^th (5-4) game. Popyrin tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8^th (4-4) game. Anyhow, Sebastian didn’t blink to conquer the set 6-4.

Korda was flawless in converting all his break points in the 3^rd (1-1 0-40) and the 9^th game (4-4 40-A). On the other side, Alexei converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 3^rd (1-2 30-40), the 6^th (2-3 30-40) and the 8^th game (3-4 30-40).

They contested 55 points. Korda was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than the Australian (31-24). Korda lost 13 points on serve (20-13). In addition, on the other side, Popyrin conceded 11 points on serve (11-11).

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