Alexei Popyrin defeats Jacob Fearnley 6-4 6-3 in the 2nd round in Geneva on Wednesday. Popyrin will face off with Cameron Norrie in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 10 minutes.
Alexei added to his prize money € 7,555 after winning this match. He has already won € 18,015 after this win. If he wins the next match, Popyrin will add € 13,075 to his earnings to get in total € 31,090 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:10
At the end of the match, Popyrin scored 57 points vs. the Brit’s 49.
Popyrin
Popyrin was great in converting all the break points (3/3).
Fearnley
On the other side, Jacob was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 14% – 1/7). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Popyrin and Fearnley is 1-0 for Alexei.
Draw and next match H2H: Alexei Popyrin vs. Cameron Norrie – stats
Popyrin will square off with Norrie in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Alexei Popyrin and Cameron Norrie fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Norrie (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Norrie won 7-5 6-4 in the quarter in Atlanta back in 2019.
Live score progression and stats
Popyrin had a racing start in this set after breaking Jacob Fearnley in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Yet, that wasn’t sufficient for Alexei to win the set because Fearnley found the way to break back in the 5th (2-3) game. The Australian kept his focus to break the Brit in the 10th (6-4) game.
Popyrin failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 30.
The Australian was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40). On the other side, Fearnley converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 30-40) and the 5th game (1-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 61 points. Alexei was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than Fearnley (33-28). The Australian lost 14 points on serve (25-14). On the other side, Jacob conceded 8 points on serve (14-8).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Popyrin clinched in the 6th game (4-2) before finally winning the set (6-3).
Alexei was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (3-2 40-A). On the other side, the Brit was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 7th game (2-4 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 45 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Popyrin won just 3 more points than Fearnley (24-21). Alexei lost 6 points on serve (18-6). on the other side of the court, Fearnley conceded 6 points on serve (15-6).
Tennis Scores in Geneva
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-3 7-63)
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Kei NishikoriNishikori (7-5 2-5 ret.)
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Tomas MachacMachac (3-6 6-2 4-3 ret.)
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (6-2 6-3)
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-4 6-1)
- Taylor FritzFritz – Quentin HalysHalys (6-4 7-65)
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Nuno BorgesBorges (7-62 7-64)
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Jacob FearnleyFearnley (6-4 6-3)
Upcoming matches
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Sebastian OfnerOfner (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (4-2) – H2H details and stats
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Cameron NorrieNorrie (0-1) – H2H details and stats
