Jakub Mensik conquers Alexei Popyrin 7-6(3) 6-2 in the 1st round in Vienna on Monday. Mensik will engage against Mariano Navone or Miomir Kecmanovic in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 42 minutes.
Jakub added to his prize money € 16,860 after winning this match. He has already won € 36,130 after this win. If he wins the next match, Jakub will add € 31,550 to his earnings to get in total € 67,680 in total.
Highlights Jakub Mensik vs. Alexei Popyrin Erste Bank Open – Vienna
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
82
64
29
29
35%
45%
5
4
3
2
56%
58%
83%
60%
29/35
29/48
61%
51%
17/28
18/35
2/6
0/5
33%
0%
At the end of the match, the Czech scored 82 points vs. Alexei’s 64.
Mensik
The Czech served pretty well to win 83% of the points (29/35) behind his first serve, and he won 61% points (17/28) on his second serve. Mensik won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points as he converted only 33% (2/6) of the procured opportunities.
Popyrin
On the other side, Popyrin wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/5). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Mensik and Popyrin is 2-0 for Jakub.
Draw and next match H2H: Jakub Mensik vs. Mariano Navone or Miomir Kecmanovic – stats
Mensik will play either Mariano Navone or Miomir Kecmanovic in the 2nd round. The head to head is 0-0 vs. Mariano Navone and 0-0 vs. Miomir Kecmanovic.(image)
Live score progression and stats
The Czech won the set after he broke Alexei .
The Czech was unable to convert any of the 4 conquered break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 5th (3-2 40-A), the 12th (6-5 30-40) and the 14th game (7-5 30-40). On the other side, the Australian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5th game (2-2 30-40).
They contested 93 points. Jakub was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than the Australian (50-43). The Czech surrendered 8 points on serve (25-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Alexei conceded 25 points on serve (35-25).
Mensik had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Alexei Popyrin in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. That break turned to be decisive for Jakub to win the set (6-2) since there were no other breaks.
Mensik converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (2-0 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Alexei was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (0-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (1-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 53 points. Mensik was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than Alexei (31-22). Mensik surrendered 7 points on serve (18-7). On the losing side, Alexei conceded 13 points on serve (15-13).
Tennis Scores in Vienna
Jakub MensikMensik – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (7-63 6-2)
Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (7-5 6-4)
Alexander ZverevZverev – Joel SchwaerzlerSchwaerzler (6-2 6-2)
Flavio CobolliCobolli – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (7-61 6-3)
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