Sebastian Korda overcomes Alexei Popyrin 6-7(4) 6-1 6-3 in the 1st round in Stockholm on Monday. Korda will face off with Kamil Majchrzak or Filip Misolic in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 23 minutes.
Highlights Sebastian Korda vs. Alexei Popyrin BNP Paribas Nordic Open – Stockholm
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Sebastian scored 112 points vs. the Australian’s 92.
Korda
Korda fired 13 aces and he committed 4 double faults. Korda won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points after he converted only 35% (7/20) of the procured opportunities.
Popyrin
On the other side, the Australian was effective when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (3/6). However, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Korda and Popyrin is 3-1 for Sebastian.
Draw and next match H2H: Sebastian Korda vs. Kamil Majchrzak or Filip Misolic – stats
Korda will take on either Kamil Majchrzak or Filip Misolic in the 2nd round. The head to head is 1-0 vs. Kamil Majchrzak and 0-0 vs. Filip Misolic.
Live score progression and stats
Korda had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Alexei Popyrin in the 1st game (1-0). However, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Popyrin to win the set since Sebastian found the way to break back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 10th (5-5) game. Popyrin kept his focus to break Korda in the 5th (3-2) game before winning the set (7-6).
Popyrin was perfect in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 5th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). In addition on the other side, Sebastian was perfect in converting all his break points in the 2nd (0-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (1-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 9th (4-5 30-40) and the 14th game (5-7 40-A).
They played 110 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Popyrin won just 2 more points than the American (56-54). Popyrin dropped 30 points on serve (38-30). on the other side of the net, Korda conceded 18 points on serve (24-18).
Sebastian was too strong to concede just 1 game before breaking the Australian 3 times and win the set 6-1.
Korda failed to serve out the set when leading 6-1 to be broken at 30.
Popyrin had no answers in the last 6 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Korda converted 42% of his break points (3/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (3-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th
game (5-1 30-40). On the other side, Korda didn’t concede a single break point during this set.They played 40 points. Sebastian was the one to win the set after conquering 18 points more than the Australian (29-11). The American was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). On the other side, Alexei conceded 13 points on serve (7-13).
Korda won the set after he broke Popyrin in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (5-3) game. Alexei tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. Yet, Korda kept the focus to conquer the set 6-3.
Korda converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 4th (2-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, Alexei converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 4th game (1-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 54 points. Sebastian won 6 points more than Alexei (30-24). Sebastian conceded 10 points on serve (15-10). on the other side of the court, the Australian conceded 15 points on serve (14-15).
Tennis Scores in Stockholm
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- Leo BorgBorg – Sebastian OfnerOfner (6-3 6-4)
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-74 6-1 6-3)
- Jacob FearnleyFearnley – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (6-3 6-76 7-65)
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