Alexei Popyrin surprises Andrey Rublev 6-2 6-4 in the final in Montreal on Monday. The match lasted 1 hour and 29 minutes. This is the first time that Popyrin conquered this tournament. His most significant achievement in this tournament so far was reaching the qualifications. Here you can see when his history at this event. This was also Popyrin first ever ATP1000 title.
Alexei added $ 476,370 to his prize money after conquering this final. He has earned $ 1,049,460 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Alexei Popyrin vs. Andrey Rublev National Bank Open – Montreal
Popyrin’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Australian scored 72 points vs. the Russian’s 54.
Popyrin
Alexei served pretty well to win 84% of the points (32/38
) behind his first serve. Nevertheless he won only 35% points (9/26) on his second serve. The Australian struck 10 aces and he committed 3 double faults. The Australian won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points as he converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.Rublev
On the other side, Andrey was battling in converting his break points (only 17% – 1/6). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Popyrin and Rublev is 2-1 for Alexei.
This was the 3rd career title for the Australian. He won the previous title in Umag. (see list of titles and finals). Andrey remains with 16th titles. (see list of titles and finals)