
Marcos Giron bests Alexei Popyrin 5-7 6-3 6-3 in the 3rd round in Indian Wells on Sunday. Giron will play against Arthur Fils in the 4th round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 32 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this competition. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 3rd round in 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.
Giron added to his prize money $ 45,750 after winning this match. He has already won $ 110,250 after this win. If he wins the next match, Marcos will add $ 91,750 to his earnings to get in total $ 202,000 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Marcos scored 102 points vs. Popyrin’s 95.
Giron
Marcos won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points as he converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.
Popyrin
On the other side, Popyrin wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 7% – 1/15). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Giron and Popyrin is 2-1 for Marcos.
Draw and next match H2H: Marcos Giron vs. Arthur Fils – stats
Giron will compete against Fils in the 4th round.
There is no head to head record between Marcos Giron and Arthur Fils since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Australian grabbed in the 12th game (7-5) before ultimately conquering the set (7-5).
Popyrin failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 30.
Popyrin was flawless in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Giron was on the money in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 13th game (4-7 30-40).
They contested 83 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Popyrin won just 3 points more than Giron (43-40). Popyrin conceded 13 points on serve (27-13). On the losing side, Marcos conceded 16 points on serve (27-16).
Giron came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Alexei Popyrin in the 2nd game (2-0). That break was the key and it was sufficient for Giron to win the set (6-3) as there were no other breaks.
Marcos failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 40.
The American converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 9th game (5-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Popyrin was unable to convert any of his 5 break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (2-6 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 64 points. Marcos conquered the set after winning 6 points more than Popyrin (35-29). The American conceded 15 points on serve (26-15). In addition, on the other side, Popyrin conceded 9 points on serve (14-9).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Giron clinched in the 8th game (5-3) before eventually conquering the set (6-3).
Giron converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40). On the other side, Popyrin 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 7th game (3-3 30-40).
They played 50 points. The American was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than the Australian (27-23). Giron surrendered 9 points on serve (18-9). on the other side of the court, the Australian conceded 9 points on serve (14-9).
Tennis Scores in Indian Wells
- Marcos GironGiron – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (5-7 6-3 6-3)
- Holger RuneRune – Ugo HumbertHumbert (5-7 6-4 7-5)
- Tommy PaulPaul – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-3 7-5)
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (7-63 6-3)
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (2-0 ret.)
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-3 6-3)
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-4 7-66)
- Arthur FilsFils – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (3-6 7-64 6-3)
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