Alexei Popyrin gets the better of Novak Djokovic 6-4 6-4 2-6 6-4 in the 3rd round in New York on Friday. Popyrin will clash against Frances Tiafoe in the 4th round. The battle lasted 3 hours and 19 minutes. This will be his best result in this competition. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 3rd round in 2019 and 2021. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Alexei added to his prize money $ 110,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 325,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Popyrin will add $ 205,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 530,000 in total.
Highlights Alexei Popyrin vs. Novak Djokovic U.S. Open – New York
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Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
6-4
3h:19
At the end of the match, Popyrin scored 130 points vs. Djokovic’s 127.
Popyrin
Alexei fired 15 aces and he committed 6 double faults. Alexei won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points as he converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities.
Djokovic
On the other side, Djokovic was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 25% – 4/16). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Popyrin and Djokovic is 1-3 for Novak.
Draw and next match H2H: Alexei Popyrin vs. Frances Tiafoe – stats
Popyrin will take on Tiafoe in the 4th round.
There is no head to head record between Alexei Popyrin and Frances Tiafoe since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
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 the Australian clinched in the 9th game (5-4) prior to finally winning the set (6-4).
They played 60 points. The Australian conquered the set after winning 4 points more than Djokovic (32-28). The Australian lost 12 points on serve (24-12). on the other side of the court, the Serbian conceded 8 points on serve (16-8).
Similarly to the 1st set, both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Popyrin snatched in the 5th game (3-2) just before ultimately winning the set (6-4).
They contested 60 points. The Australian conquered the set after winning 8 more points than Djokovic (34-26). The Australian dropped 6 points on serve (21-6). In addition, on the other side, Djokovic conceded 13 points on serve (20-13).
Popyrin was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Novak Djokovic in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Serbian to win the set because Popyrin succeeded in breaking back in the 5th (2-3) game. Djokovic kept his cool to break Popyrin in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Novak was flawless in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 6th (3-2 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Australian was on the money in converting all his break points in the 5th game (1-3 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 52 points. The Serbian won 10 points more than Alexei (31-21). Novak conceded 10 points on serve (17-10). on the other side of the court, Alexei conceded 14 points on serve (11-14).
The Australian won the set after he broke Djokovic in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game. Djokovic tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (5-3) game. Nonetheless, the Australian didn’t lose the lead to win the set 6-4.
Popyrin failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 40.
It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when the Australian won 4 consecutive games in the 4th set to convert the game count from 1-2 to 5-2.
They contested 84 points. Popyrin was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than Djokovic (47-37). The Australian surrendered 13 points on serve (25-13). In addition, on the other side, Novak conceded 22 points on serve (24-22).
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- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-3 6-4 6-3)
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (7-5 6-2 7-65)
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-1 6-4 6-2)
- Tommy PaulPaul – Gabriel DialloDiallo (6-75 6-3 6-1 7-63)
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Daniel EvansEvans (6-3 6-74 6-0 6-0)
- Casper RuudRuud – Juncheng ShangShang (6-71 3-6 6-0 6-3 6-1)
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (6-4 6-4 2-6 6-4)
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (5-7 7-5 6-1 6-3)
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (6-3 6-3 6-1)
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Ben SheltonShelton (4-6 7-5 6-75 6-4 6-3)
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-2 3-6 6-3 7-64)
- Andrey RublevRublev – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (6-3 7-5 6-4)
- Taylor FritzFritz – Francisco ComesanaComesana (6-3 6-4 6-2)
Upcoming matches
- Andrey RublevRublev – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (4-3) – H2H details and stats
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (0-0) – H2H details and stats
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- Casper RuudRuud – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Jordan ThompsonThompson (4-1) – H2H details and stats
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Tommy PaulPaul (2-1) – H2H details and stats
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Alexander ZverevZverev (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Jack DraperDraper – Tomas MachacMachac (0-1) – H2H details and stats
