Alexei Popyrin dispatches Hugo Grenier 7-6(3) 6-7(8) 6-1 in the 2nd round in Doha on Wednesday. Popyrin will engage against Alexander Bublik in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 29 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this competition. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the qualifications in 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.
Alexei added to his prize money $ 17,590 after winning this match. He has already won $ 42,190 after this win. If he wins the next match, Popyrin will add $ 30,620 to his earnings to get in total $ 72,810 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:29
At the end of the match, the Australian scored 116 points vs. the French player’s 94.
Popyrin
The Australian served extremely well to win 79% of the points (59/75) behind his first serve, and he won 56% points (20/36) on his second serve. Alexei fired 14 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Alexei was well focused in converting 75% of the break points that he conquered (3/4).
Grenier
On the other side, Grenier was battling in converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Popyrin and Grenier is 1-0 for Alexei.
Draw and next match H2H: Alexei Popyrin vs. Alexander Bublik – stats
Popyrin will compete against Bublik in the quarter.
This will be the 3rd time that Alexei Popyrin and Alexander Bublik face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Popyrin (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Alexei won the set after he broke Hugo .
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. In addition on the other side, the Australian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 82 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Popyrin won just 2 points more than Grenier (42-40). Alexei conceded 6 points on serve (24-6). on the other side of the court, Hugo conceded 18 points on serve (34-18).
Popyrin had a favorable start in this set after breaking Hugo Grenier in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, there was more work to do for the French player to win the set since Popyrin managed to break back in the 7th (3-4) game.
Hugo was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Australian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th game (2-4 0-40).
They played 85 points. It’s worth to point out that, The French player won this set even if he scored less points 11 than the Australian (37-48). Hugo conceded 10 points on serve (16-10). On the other side, the Australian conceded 21 points on serve (38-21).
Alexei won the set after he broke the French player in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game.
Grenier was eclipsed in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Popyrin converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, Grenier wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 3rd game (1-1 40-A).
They contested 43 points. Popyrin was the one to win the set after conquering 9 points more than Hugo (26-17). The Australian lost 10 points on serve (16-10). In addition, on the other side, Grenier conceded 10 points on serve (7-10).
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- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-4 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (4-6 7-5 7-62) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander BublikBublik – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (2-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Hugo GrenierGrenier (7-63 6-78 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Richard GasquetGasquet (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Andrey RublevRublev – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Alexander BublikBublik (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (1-2) – H2H details and stats
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Gael MonfilsMonfils (2-0) – H2H details and stats
