Alexei Popyrin tops Alexander Bublik 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in Doha on Thursday. Popyrin will face Karen Khachanov in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 17 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this competition. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the qualifications in 2020. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
The Australian added to his prize money $ 30,620 after winning this match. He has already won $ 72,810 till now in this competition. If he wins the next match, Popyrin will add $ 51,030 to his earnings to get in total $ 123,840.
Highlights Alexei Popyrin vs. Alexander Bublik Qatar ExxonMobil Open – Doha
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:17
At the end of the match, the Australian scored 65 points vs. Bublik’s 50.
Popyrin
The Australian won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points as he converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.
Bublik
On the other side, Alexander was exceptional in converting the only break point that he converted. Yet, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this encounter, the head to head between Popyrin and Bublik is 3-0 for Alexei.
Draw and next match H2H: Alexei Popyrin vs. Karen Khachanov – stats
Popyrin will face Khachanov in the semifinal.
This will be the 4th time that Alexei Popyrin and Karen Khachanov fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Khachanov (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Alexei snatched in the 3rd game (2-1) just before finally winning the set (6-4).
Alexei converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 11th game (6-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Australian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 65 points. The Australian was the winner of the set after clinching 9 points more than Bublik (37-28). Alexei surrendered 7 points on serve (21-7). on the other side of the court, Alexander conceded 16 points on serve (21-16).
Popyrin got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Alexander Bublik in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, that was not enough for Popyrin to win the set because the Kazakhstani found the way to break back in the 8th (3-5) game.
Alexei failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 30.
Popyrin was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th game (4-2 0-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Kazakhstani was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (2-5 30-40).
They contested 50 points. Popyrin won 6 points more than the Kazakhstani (28-22). The Australian dropped 10 points on serve (18-10). On the losing side, Bublik conceded 10 points on serve (12-10).
Tennis Scores in Doha
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Ugo HumbertHumbert (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (3-0 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Jakub MensikMensik – Andrey RublevRublev (6-4 7-66) – Stats and score progression
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Alexander BublikBublik (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (1-2) – H2H details and stats
