Alex De Minaur victorious over Alexei Popyrin 6-3 6-4 in the 3rd round in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters on Thursday in what was an all-Australian encounter. De Minaur will fight against Novak Djokovic in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 15 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2022 and 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
Alex added to his prize money € 69,620 after winning this match. He has already won € 149,685 after this win. If he wins the next match, De Minaur will add € 124,740 to his earnings to get in total € 274,425 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:15
At the end of the match, Alex scored 59 points vs. Alexei’s 41.
De Minaur
Alex was effective when converting 80% of the break points that he conquered (4/5).
Popyrin
On the other side, Popyrin was stunning in converting the only break point that he converted. However, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between De Minaur and Popyrin is 2-1 for Alex.
Draw and next match H2H: Alex De Minaur vs. Novak Djokovic – stats
De Minaur will compete against Djokovic in the quarter.
This will be the 3rd time that Alex De Minaur and Novak Djokovic square off. The head to head is 1-1 for De Minaur and Djokovic (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, De Minaur won 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in Australia back in January 2024.
Live score progression and stats
Alex won the set after he broke Popyrin in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
De Minaur failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 0.
Popyrin was completely outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 2-3 to 6-3.
Alex converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 7th (3-3 0-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, Alex didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 52 points. De Minaur was the one to win the set after conquering 12 more points than Popyrin (32-20). De Minaur was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (20-4). on the other side of the court, Alexei conceded 12 points on serve (16-12).
De Minaur won the set after he broke Alexei in the 8th (5-3) and in the 10th (6-4) game. Alexei tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. Yet, De Minaur didn’t blink to conquer the set 6-4.
Alex failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 30.
De Minaur was flawless in converting all his break points in the 8th (4-3 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, Alexei was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 9th game (3-5 30-40).
They played 48 points. Alex was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than Popyrin (27-21). Alex dropped 5 points on serve (14-5). on the other side of the net, Alexei conceded 13 points on serve (16-13).
Tennis Scores in Monte Carlo Rolex Masters
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (7-5 6-3)
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (6-3 7-5)
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Alexander ZverevZverev (7-5 7-63)
- Holger RuneRune – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (7-69 3-6 7-62)
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-3 6-4)
- Casper RuudRuud – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-4 6-2)
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (5-7 6-3 6-1)
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-4 6-2)
Upcoming matches
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (7-1) – H2H details and stats
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Casper RuudRuud (3-1) – H2H details and stats
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Jannik SinnerSinner (2-1) – H2H details and stats
