Jannik Sinner and Alexei Popyrin will play each other in the 2^nd round of the U.S. Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on Arthur Ashe Stadium. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jannik Sinner who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jannik Sinner is the pick to win this match.
Jannik Sinner -> 1.029
Alexei Popyrin -> 12.25

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Prediction and head to head Jannik Sinner vs. Alexei Popyrin

This will be the 2^nd time that Jannik Sinner and Alexei Popyrin clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Popyrin (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Popyrin won 7-6(5) 6-2 in the 2^nd round in Madrid back in 2021.

Highlights Alexei Popyrin vs Jannik Sinner – Madrid 05-May-2021

Jannik Sinner

Currently world no. 1 Sinner reached the 2^nd round after beating Vit Kopriva 6-1 6-1 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Sinner had a good straight sets win against Kopriva (6-1 6-1 6-2). During the match, Sinner scored 84 points vs Kopriva’s 47. The Italian was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Regarding the service games, Sinner bagged 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Jannik Sinner was extremely efficient on serve to win 83% (33/40) of his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Jannik broke Kopriva 7 times after converting 70% of his break points (7/10).

Sinner has a fantastic match record in the last 8 years having won 75% of his matches (378-125). 13-1 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Sinner has an overall151-47 match record in the last 8 years on hard.

His best result of the year was winning the title at the Australian Open where he defeated Alexander Zverev in the final 6-3 7-6(4) 6-3 and at the Wimbledon where he beat Carlos Alcaraz in the final 4-6 6-4 6-4 6-4.

Jannik has a composed 32-4 win-loss record in 2025, 13-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Alexei Popyrin

Ranked no. 36, Alexei got to the 2^nd round after defeating Emil Ruusuvuori 6-3 6-4 7-6(3).

In the 1^st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Ruusuvuori (6-3 6-4 7-6³). During the match Popyrin scored 111 points vs Ruusuvuori’s 84. Alexei was exceptionally aggressive to blast 46 winners.

About the serving games, Popyrin blasted 19 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Alexei Popyrin was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 87% (46/53) of his 1st serve and 53% (17/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Alexei broke Ruusuvuori 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).

The Australian has an aggregate 17-19 win-loss record in 2025, 7-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 4^th round in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Sinner	Popyrin
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	22	32
Pts	84-47	111-84
Total Points	131	195
Winners	33	46
%Winners	39%	41%

Both Sinner and Popyrin played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sinner and Popyrin have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Sinner played 10 games less than Popyrin. Jannik scored 33 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian struck 46 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Sinner	Popyrin
Aces	7	19
Avg per match	7	19
1st in	40/68	53/85
%1st in	59%	62%
1st pts	33/40	46/53
%1st pts	83%	87%
2nd pts	15/28	17/32
%2nd pts	54%	53%

Sinner fired 7 aces . Popyrin managed to score 19 aces . Sinner won 83% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Popyrin won 87% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Sinner	Popyrin
Won	7	5
Converted	7/10	5/14
% Converted	70%	36%
Conceded	2	3
Saved	2	0
% Saved	100%	0%
Times Broken	0	3

Jannik broke his opponent 7 times with a 70% conversion rate. Sinner had a solid display on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 2 break points. Popyrin broke his opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Sinner
	R1 Kopriva	Total
Score	6-1 6-1 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	22	22
pts	84-47	84-47
Total points	131	131
Winners	33	33
%Winners	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	40/68	40/68
% 1st in	59%	59%
1st pts	33/40	33/40
% 1st pts	83%	83%
2nd pts	15/28	15/28
% 2nd pts	54%	54%
Breaks
Won	7	7
Converted	7/10	7/10
Converted %	70%	70%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	2/2	2
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Popyrin
	R1 Ruusuvuori	Total
Score	6-3 6-4 7-63
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	32	32
pts	111-84	111-84
Total points	195	195
Winners	46	46
%Winners	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	19	19
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	53/85	53/85
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	46/53	46/53
% 1st pts	87%	87%
2nd pts	17/32	17/32
% 2nd pts	53%	53%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/14	5/14
Converted %	36%	36%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	0/3	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	3	3

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