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Alexei Popyrin #114 def. Tommy Paul #53

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Feb 4, 2021*
Tournament	Murray River Open
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Alexei Popyrin
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	Tommy Paul
Duration	1h 9m

Stat	Alexei Popyrin	Tommy Paul
Aces	7	5
Double faults	4	3
First serve %	67	56
First serve points won %	68	69
Second serve points won %	63	43
Break points saved %	50	62
Break points converted %	38	50
Service points won %	67	58
Return points won %	42	33
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Alexei Popyrin	Tommy Paul
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Aug 5, 1999	May 17, 1997
Age	21	23
Height	196	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	114	53
Ranking points (entering)	631	1,080
Elo (entering)	1,690	1,779
Career W-L	113–148	227–146
Career earnings	$9,660,664	$14,663,970

Pre-match H2H

Alexei Popyrin 0 – 1 Tommy Paul

Path

Alexei Popyrin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 3, 2021	R64	Borna Gojo	6-7(8) 7-6(2) 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data

Alexei Popyrin's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 5, 2021	R16	Grigor Dimitrov	4-6 7-6(5) 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Tommy Paul's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 3, 2021	R64	Cameron Norrie	4-6 7-6(2) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data