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Alexei Popyrin #621 def. Nicolas Mahut #103

4-6 7-6(4) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 8, 2018
Tournament	Sydney
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	Q2
Winner	Alexei Popyrin
Score	4-6 7-6(4) 6-4
Loser	Nicolas Mahut
Duration	2h 11m

Stat	Alexei Popyrin	Nicolas Mahut
Aces	14	14
Double faults	7	6
First serve %	56	52
First serve points won %	84	93
Second serve points won %	48	53
Break points saved %	91	0
Break points converted %	100	9
Service points won %	68	74
Return points won %	26	32
Total points won %	49	51

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Alexei Popyrin	Nicolas Mahut
Country	AUS	FRA
Birth date	Aug 5, 1999	Jan 21, 1982
Age	18	35
Height	196	191
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	621	103
Ranking points (entering)	43	551
Elo (entering)	1,522	1,760
Career W-L	113–148	179–224
Career earnings	$9,660,664	$12,886,495

Pre-match H2H

Alexei Popyrin 0 – 0 Nicolas Mahut

Path

Alexei Popyrin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 2018	Q1	Federico Delbonis	4-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Alexei Popyrin's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 11, 2018	R32	John Millman	6-7(4) 0-6	L	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Mahut's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 2018	Q1	Christopher O'Connell	2-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data