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Alexei Popyrin #74 def. Yosuke Watanuki #255

6-2 4-6 6-1

Match Information

Date	Aug 22, 2021*
Tournament	Winston-Salem
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	Q2
Winner	Alexei Popyrin
Score	6-2 4-6 6-1
Loser	Yosuke Watanuki
Duration	1h 39m

Stat	Alexei Popyrin	Yosuke Watanuki
Aces	4	7
Double faults	5	5
First serve %	63	43
First serve points won %	74	72
Second serve points won %	61	51
Break points saved %	67	43
Break points converted %	57	33
Service points won %	69	60
Return points won %	40	31
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Alexei Popyrin	Yosuke Watanuki
Country	AUS	JPN
Birth date	Aug 5, 1999	Apr 12, 1998
Age	22	23
Height	196	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	74	255
Ranking points (entering)	970	250
Elo (entering)	1,705	1,558
Career W-L	113–148	18–23
Career earnings	$9,660,664	$1,578,905

Pre-match H2H

Alexei Popyrin 1 – 0 Yosuke Watanuki

Path

Alexei Popyrin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 2021	Q1	Sasi Kumar Mukund	6-1 7-6(6)	W	—	Match data

Alexei Popyrin's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 24, 2021	R64	Steve Johnson	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Yosuke Watanuki's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 2021	Q1	Yunseong Chung	6-3 7-6(3)	W	—	Match data