Alexei Popyrin and Miomir Kecmanovic will square off in the 2nd round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 3:00 pm on COURT 4. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexei Popyrin who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alexei Popyrin is the pick to win this match.
Alexei Popyrin -> 1.66
Miomir Kecmanovic -> 2.22

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Prediction and head to head Alexei Popyrin vs. Miomir Kecmanovic

This will be the 5th time that Alexei Popyrin and Miomir Kecmanovic face off. The head to head is 3-1 for Kecmanovic (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they played, Popyrin won 6-3 7-6(4) in the 1st round in Indian wells back in 2021.

Alexei Popyrin

Alexei Popyrin

27 - 19win/loss

Hard
16-7
I Hard
2-1
Clay
4-8
Grass
5-3
Rank
24
High
23
LWWLLWWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 27-19 16-7 4-8 2-1 5-3 0-0
2023 36-29 18-14 15-6 1-4 2-5 0-0
2022 24-31 7-16 7-4 3-5 7-6 0-0
2021 32-26 13-11 8-6 10-5 1-4 0-0
2020 14-16 3-4 5-5 4-6 0-0 2-1

Ranked no. 24, the Australian will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in Tokyo where he lost 6-3 6-7(5) 7-5 to Machac in the 1st round on the 26th of September.

Alexei has an overall 27-19 win-loss record in 2024, 16-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current year was winning the title in Montreal where he defeated Andrey Rublev in the final 6-2 6-4.

Talking about his overall career, The Australian has an overall 270-210 record. He has a positive 135-98 record on hard.

Previously in Shanghai

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.

Shanghai
Popyrin's Record

Miomir Kecmanovic

Miomir Kecmanovic

21 - 25win/loss

Hard
10-14
I Hard
1-0
Clay
6-7
Grass
4-4
Rank
55
High
27
WLWLWLLLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 21-25 10-14 6-7 1-0 4-4 0-0
2023 28-31 11-13 9-9 6-5 2-4 0-0
2022 40-26 21-11 15-8 2-4 2-3 0-0
2021 17-27 6-11 5-8 5-6 1-2 0-0
2020 18-13 7-6 5-2 6-5 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 55, Miomir reached the 2nd round after beating Rinky Hijikata 6-2 6-2.

In the 1st round, Miomir had a good straight sets win against Hijikata (6-2 6-2). During the match Kecmanovic scored 63 points vs Hijikata’s 42. Miomir was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Talking about serving, Kecmanovic bagged 2 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Miomir Kecmanovic was exceptionally effective on serve to win 75% (21/28) of his 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Serbian broke Hijikata 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Kecmanovic has an aggregate 21-25 win-loss record in 2024, 10-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2019 and 2023. See his history.

Shanghai
Kecmanovic's Record

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