Alexei Popyrin surprises Sebastian Korda 7-6(0) 6-3 in the semifinal in Montreal on Sunday. Popyrin will face off with Andrey Rublev in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 32 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this competition. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the qualifications in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.

Montreal
Popyrin's Record

Alexei added to his prize money $ 259,695 after winning this match. He has already won $ 573,090 after this win. If he wins the next match, Popyrin will add $ 476,370 to his earnings to get in total $ 1,049,460 in total.

Highlights Alexei Popyrin vs. Sebastian Korda National Bank Open – Montreal

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Popyrin
Korda
7-60 6-3
1h:32
78
78
Total points
65
65
34
34
Winners
27
27
44%
44%
Ratio Winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
2
2
6
6
Double Faults
5
5
59%
59%
1st in
56%
56%
83%
83%
1st won
66%
66%
34/41
34/41
1st won
27/41
27/41
34%
34%
2nd won
38%
38%
10/29
10/29
2nd won
12/32
12/32
-- Break Points --
4/11
4/11
Total
2/4
2/4
36%
36%
Won
50%
50%
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At the end of the match, Alexei scored 78 points vs. the American’s 65.

Popyrin

Popyrin served very well to win 83% of the points (34/41) behind his first serve. However he won only 34% points (10/29) on his second serve. Popyrin won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points as he converted only 36% (4/11) of the procured opportunities.

Korda

On the other side, the American didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (2/4). However, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Popyrin and Korda is 1-2 for Sebastian.

Draw and next match H2H: Alexei Popyrin vs. Andrey Rublev – stats

Popyrin will compete against Rublev in the final.

This will be the 3rd time that Alexei Popyrin and Andrey Rublev play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Popyrin and Rublev (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Popyrin won 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in Monte carlo back in April 2024.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Popyrin 7-6
PopyrinKorda
7
6
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
PopyrinKorda
7
6
1
0
2
0
3
0
4
0
5
0
6
0
PopyrinKorda
6
6
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
PopyrinKorda
5
6
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
PopyrinKorda
5
5
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
PopyrinKorda
5
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
PopyrinKorda
4
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
PopyrinKorda
4
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
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40
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40
40
A
40
PopyrinKorda
3
3
15
0
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0
30
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A
40
PopyrinKorda
2
3
15
0
15
15
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30
30
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30
PopyrinKorda
1
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
PopyrinKorda
1
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
PopyrinKorda
1
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
PopyrinKorda
1
0
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30

Popyrin won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 3rd

(1-2) and in the 11th (5-6) game, The Australian broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 12th (6-6) game to conquer the set 7-6.

Popyrin converted 22% of his break points (2/9). He had 9 break points opportunities in the 6th (2-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 10th (5-4 30-40 and 40-A), the 12th

(5-6 30-40 and 40-A) and the 14th game (7-5 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, Sebastian converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A).

They contested 100 points. Alexei was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than Sebastian (53-47). The Australian lost 20 points on serve (25-20). On the other side, Sebastian conceded 28 points on serve (27-28).

2nd Set -
Popyrin 6-3
PopyrinKorda
6
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
PopyrinKorda
5
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
PopyrinKorda
4
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
PopyrinKorda
4
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
PopyrinKorda
3
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
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30
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40
40
A
PopyrinKorda
3
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
PopyrinKorda
2
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
PopyrinKorda
2
0
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30

Popyrin had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Sebastian Korda in the 2nd game (2-0). That break was crucial for Popyrin to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks.

Popyrin converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th (3-1 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40). On the other side, Popyrin didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 43 points. Alexei was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than the American (24-19). Popyrin conceded 6 points on serve (16-6). on the other side of the net, the American conceded 8 points on serve (13-8).

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

Tennis Scores in Montreal

  • Andrey RublevRublev – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-4 6-2)
  • Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Sebastian KordaKorda (7-60 6-3)

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