Alexei Popyrin will face James Duckworth in the first round of the San Diego Open. The game will start on September 19 at 19:30.
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Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-1) for Duckworth – 2.03.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Over 22 – 1.56.
The tennis players crossed the court three times. Duckworth has won two of the three meetings. We think he’ll get another win. Popyrin is too direct a player. He’s very dependent on his serve. We think Duckworth will be able to break his compatriot’s resistance.
As a rule, head-to-head encounters between Popyrin and Duckworth turn out to be long matches. In the last three matches between them, the rivals have played 22 games. History is likely to repeat itself.
Popyrin is playing poorly at the ATP level this year. In fact, his main success was reaching the second round of the US Open.
In Montreal and Cincinnati, Alexey failed to qualify. In Washington, the Australian only got through to the second round because his first-match opponent was injured.
In the spring, Popyrin won one match each in Dubai and at the Indian Wells Masters. That’s basically it, there’s nothing more to remember from the positive.
Popyrin has lost three of his last four matches on the hard court.
Duckworth, meanwhile, barely played in the first half of the season due to injury. After his return, it took him some time to get his first win at the ATP level.
It was only in mid-July at a tournament in Newport. Here, the Australian eventually reached the quarter-finals.
Next up was a series of American hard-court tournaments. Duckworth won one match each at the US Open, in Atlanta and Winston-Salem.
Duckworth also reached the final in Cassis in the first half of September.
Duckworth has won four of his last six matches on the hard court.
In 3 of Duckworth’s last 4 matches, less than 9.5 games have been played in the first set. We offer to bet on “1st Set Games – Under 9.5” with odds of 2.11.
Type of Court – Indoor Hard
Speed of Court – 8/10
Popyrin’s Rating – 90
Alexei Popyrin Wins/Losses in 2022 – 21/28
Duckworth’s Rating – 70
James Duckworth Wins/Losses in 2022 – 14/19
Duckworth leads with a score of 2-1 in the head-to-head encounters. In the last match at the Paris Masters in 2021, Duckworth defeated Popyrin with a score of 7-6, 6-4.
The match will be played at Barnes Stadium, Barnes Tennis Center, San Diego, United States.
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