Alexei Popyrin (No. 63) will face Alexander Zverev (No. 4) in the Round of 16 at the Olympic Games on Wednesday, July 31.
Zverev enters the Round of 16 after winning in two sets, 6-3, 7-5, over Tomas Machac on Tuesday in the Round of 32. Popyrin is coming off a two-set victory in his last match on Tuesday in the Round of 32 over Stan Wawrinka (6-4, 7-5).
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Alexander Zverev vs. Alexei Popyrin matchup stats
- Zverev is 20-5 on clay this year, with one tournament win.
- Zverev has an 86% winning percentage in service games on clay surfaces, and a 28.5% winning percentage in return games (276 of 321 service games, and 95 of 333 return games).
- On clay courts this year, Zverev is ninth in break point winning percentage (34.3%) after going 87-for-254.
- Zverev was defeated in the final of his most recent tournament (the Hamburg European Open) 3-6, 6-3, 6-7 by No. 28-ranked Arthur Fils on July 21.
- The 24-year-old Popyrin, who is seeking his first tournament title on clay in 2024, is 2-7 this year on that surface.
- On clay, Popyrin has won 73% of his service games and 14.2% of his return games.
- Popyrin has converted 16 of 47 break points on clay (34.0%), and is 157th in break points won.
- In the Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag, Popyrin’s last tournament, he went head to head with No. 81-ranked Jakub Mensik in the Round of 32 on July 22 and was beaten 3-6, 2-6.
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