Alexei Popyrin topples Polmans in the 1st round to collide vs Djokovic. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Popyrin wins against Polmans to compete against Novak Djokovic in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Alexei Popyrin vs. Marc Polmans

Alexei Popyrin gets by Marc Polmans 6-3 7-6(3) 6-2 in the 1st round in Melbourne on Monday in what was an all-Australian match. Popyrin will face off with Novak Djokovic in the 2nd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 28 minutes. His best achievement in this event was reaching the 3rd round in 2019, 2020 and 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.

Popyrin
Melbourne
Popyrin's Record

Alexei added to his prize money $ 60,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 180,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Alexei will add $ 75,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 255,000 in total.

Highlights Alexei Popyrin vs. Marc Polmans Australian Open – Melbourne

Popyrin’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Popyrin
Polmans
Alexei Popyrin
6-3 7-63 6-2
2h:28
Marc Polmans
113
113
Total points
87
87
51
51
Winners
51
51
45%
45%
Ratio Winners
59%
59%
32
32
Unforced
27
27
54%
54%
Ratio Unforced
46%
46%
21/29
21/29
Net Approaches
9/14
9/14
72%
72%
Perc
64%
64%
-- Serve --
20
20
Aces
11
11
3
3
Double Faults
5
5
72%
72%
1st in
68%
68%
81%
81%
1st won
66%
66%
51/63
51/63
1st won
51/77
51/77
63%
63%
2nd won
42%
42%
15/24
15/24
2nd won
15/36
15/36
213
213
Fastest serve
205
205
194
194
AVG 1st Serve
189
189
161
161
AVG 2nd Serve
163
163
-- Break Points --
4/11
4/11
Total
0/3
0/3
36%
36%
Won
0%
0%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, Popyrin scored 113 points vs. Polmans’s 87.

Popyrin

Alexei served very well to win 81% of the points (51/63) behind his first serve, and he won 63% points (15/24) on his second serve. Popyrin fired 20 aces and he committed 3 double faults. Popyrin won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points since he converted only 36% (4/11) of the procured opportunities.

Polmans

On the other side, Polmans wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Alexei Popyrin vs. Novak Djokovic – stats

Popyrin will fight against Djokovic in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Alexei Popyrin and Novak Djokovic fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

Alexei Popyrin Draw info

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

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