Alejandro Davidovich Fokina routs Alexei Popyrin 6-3 6-2 in the quarter in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters on Friday after playing a marvellous match to come up against Carlos Alcaraz in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 9 minutes. His best achievement in this tournament was reaching the final in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
Alejandro added to his prize money € 128,480 after conquering this match. He has already won € 282,650 so far in this competition. If he wins the next match, the Spaniard will add € 234,275 to his earnings to get in total € 516,925.
Highlights Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Alexei Popyrin Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters – Monte-Carlo
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Spaniard scored 62 points vs. Popyrin’s 42.
Davidovich Fokina
Alejandro served exceptionally well to win 81% of the points (26/32) behind his first serve, and he won 73% points (11/15) on his second serve. The Spaniard won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points as he converted only 33% (3/9) of the procured opportunities.
Popyrin
On the other side, Alexei wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Davidovich Fokina and Popyrin is 1-0 for Alejandro.
Draw and next match H2H: Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Carlos Alcaraz – stats
Davidovich Fokina will play Alcaraz in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and Carlos Alcaraz face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Alcaraz (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Spaniard grabbed in the 8th game (5-3) just before finally conquering the set (6-3).
Alexei had no answers in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-3 to 6-3.
Davidovich Fokina converted 14% of his break points (1/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 8th (4-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (6-2 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Alejandro didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 68 points. Alejandro was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than Alexei (39-29). Alejandro conceded 6 points on serve (21-6). on the other side of the net, Alexei conceded 18 points on serve (23-18).
Davidovich Fokina started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Alexei Popyrin in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. That break resulted decisive for Alejandro to win the set (6-2) since there were no other breaks.
Davidovich Fokina converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (2-0 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Davidovich Fokina didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 36 points. The Spaniard was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than Popyrin (23-13). Alejandro was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). Regarding the other side of the net, Alexei conceded 7 points on serve (9-7).
Tennis Scores in Monte Carlo Rolex Masters
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Arthur FilsFils (4-6 7-5 6-3)
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-6 6-3 6-4)
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-3 6-2)
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-0 6-0)
Upcoming matches
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-1) – H2H details and stats