Marin Cilic upsets Alexei Popyrin 5-7 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Dubai on Wednesday. Cilic will square off with Felix Auger-Aliassime in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 14 minutes. This run will match his most significant achievement in this event. Here you can see his history at this event.

Dubai
Cilic's Record

Marin added to his prize money $ 41,350 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 88,700 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Croatian will add $ 84,920 to his earnings to get in total $ 173,620 in total.

Highlights Marin Cilic vs. Alexei Popyrin Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships – Dubai

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Cilic
Popyrin
5-7 6-3 6-4
2h:14
87
87
Total points
89
89
50
50
Winners
46
46
57%
57%
Ratio Winners
52%
52%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
16
16
1
1
Double Faults
1
1
64%
64%
1st in
71%
71%
79%
79%
1st won
84%
84%
50/63
50/63
1st won
46/55
46/55
46%
46%
2nd won
48%
48%
16/35
16/35
2nd won
11/23
11/23
-- Break Points --
2/6
2/6
Total
1/4
1/4
33%
33%
Won
25%
25%
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The Croatian won this match even if he won less points than Popyrin (87 vs. 89).

Cilic

The Croatian served extremely well to win 79% of the points (50/63) behind his first serve. Anyhow he won only 46% points (16/35) on his second serve. Cilic won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points after he converted only 33% (2/6) of the procured opportunities.

Popyrin

On the other side, the Australian was not so effective in converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this contest, the head to head between Cilic and Popyrin is 2-1 for Marin.

Draw and next match H2H: Marin Cilic vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime – stats

Cilic will come up against Auger-Aliassime in the quarter.

This will be the 5th time that Marin Cilic and Felix Auger-Aliassime face off. The head to head is 3-1 for Cilic (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Cilic won 6-0 3-6 6-3 in the 1st round in Paris back in 2020.

Live score progression and stats

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

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the Australian snatched in the 11th game (6-5) before eventually winning the set (7-5).

Cilic was completely outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 4-5 to 7-5.

Popyrin was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 11th game (5-5 30-40). On the other side, the Australian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 68 points. Alexei won 6 more points than Marin (37-31). Alexei lost 5 points on serve (24-5). On the other side, the Croatian conceded 13 points on serve (26-13).

2nd Set -
Cilic 6-3
CilicPopyrin
6
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
CilicPopyrin
6
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
CilicPopyrin
5
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
CilicPopyrin
5
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
CilicPopyrin
4
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
CilicPopyrin
3
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
CilicPopyrin
2
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
CilicPopyrin
2
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
CilicPopyrin
1
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40

Similarly to the 1st set, the set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Marin snatched in the 6th

game (4-2) prior to finally winning the set (6-3).

The Croatian converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 5th (3-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Australian was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 40-A).

They played 59 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Croatian won this set even if he scored less points 1 than Alexei (29-30). The Croatian surrendered 11 points on serve (20-11). On the losing side, the Australian conceded 9 points on serve (19-9

).
3rd Set -
Cilic 6-4
CilicPopyrin
6
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
CilicPopyrin
5
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
CilicPopyrin
5
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
CilicPopyrin
4
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
CilicPopyrin
4
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
CilicPopyrin
3
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
CilicPopyrin
2
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
CilicPopyrin
1
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
CilicPopyrin
1
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30

Similarly to the 2nd set, there was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that Cilic grabbed in the 5th game (3-2) prior to eventually conquering the set (6-4).

The Croatian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (2-2 30-40). On the other side, the Croatian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 49 points. Marin was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than Alexei (27-22). Cilic lost 8 points on serve (20-8). On the losing side, Alexei conceded 7 points on serve (14-7).

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

Tennis Scores in Dubai

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  • Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (6-4 6-4)
  • Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (7-64 2-6 6-4)
  • Quentin HalysHalys – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (7-65 6-4)
  • Marin CilicCilic – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (5-7 6-3 6-4)
  • Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Nuno BorgesBorges (4-6 6-3 7-5)
  • Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Ugo HumbertHumbert (4-6 6-3 6-2)
  • Luca NardiNardi – Zizou BergsBergs (6-4 7-63)

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