Alexei Popyrin outlasts Daniil Medvedev 6-4 2-6 7-6(4) in the 2nd round in Paris on Wednesday after conquering a huge battle. This run will match his most significant achievement in this event. Here you can see his history at this event.
Popyrin added to his prize money € 37,130 after winning this match. He has already won € 80,065 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Australian will add € 69,620 to his earnings to get in total € 149,685 in total.
Highlights Alexei Popyrin vs. Daniil Medvedev Rolex Paris Masters – Paris
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:30
After this match, the head to head between Popyrin and Medvedev is 0-3 for Daniil.
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Popyrin won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Popyrin broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 10th game to conquer the set 6-4.
Alexei failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 40.
Popyrin converted 25% of his break points (2/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 6th (2-3 0-40), the 8th (4-3 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Daniil was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 2nd game (1-1 40-A).
They played 81 points. The Australian won 9 points more than Medvedev (45-36). Popyrin surrendered 13 points on serve (25-13). On the losing side, the Russian conceded 20 points on serve (23-20).
Medvedev in this set was much more effective than the Australian and finally he won 6-2 after breaking Alexei in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
The Australian was not able to offer any resistance in the last 6 games of the set when the game count went from 1-2 to 6-2.
The Russian was unerring in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Daniil didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 58 points. The Russian won 10 more points than the Australian (34-24). Medvedev was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). on the other side of the net, Popyrin conceded 18 points on serve (20-18).
The Australian won the set after he broke Daniil in the 4th (3-1) game. Daniil tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. However, Alexei managed to stay calm and finish the job to finally clinch the set at the following breaker at 4.
Tiebreak
The Australian won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0) and 10th (6-4) point. On the other side, Medvedev won a minibreak in the 8th (4-4) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4
The Australian converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Russian converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had his opportunities in the 7th (2-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 79 points. It’s worth to point out that, Popyrin won this set even if he scored less points 3 than Daniil (38-41). The Australian dropped 16 points on serve (27-16). In addition, on the other side, Daniil conceded 11 points on serve (25-11).
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