Japan Open: Popyrin books spot in last eight, back from a set and a break down v Garin
Alexei Popyrin won against Cristian Garin 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2 on Thursday night. He’ll face the winner of the match between American Taylor Fritz, the top seed, and Japanese wildcard Shintaro Mochizuki in the next round
Tennis – Nottingham Open – Nottingham Tennis Centre, Nottingham, Britain – June 10, 2022 Australia’s Alexei Popyrin reacts during his quarter final match against Britain’s Ryan Peniston (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)
Australian Alexei Popyrin beat Chilean qualifier Cristian Garin 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2 to advance to the last eight of the Japan Open at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Thursday night.
Popyrin, ranked No 41, will play the winner of the match between American Taylor Fritz, the top seed, and Japanese wildcard Shintaro Mochizuki next.
The Australian won against Russian Karen Khachanov, the No 7 seed (6-4, 6-2) in the previous round of the Tokyo Open.
In the previous round of the Tokyo Open, Garin, ranked No 94, defeated Japanese wildcard Sho Shimabukuro (6-4, 3-6, 6-3).
Tokyo ATP500, other second-round results (Ariake Colosseum, hard, USD 2.013.940, most recent results first):
- Zhizhen Zhang vs. Aslan Karatsev
- Taylor Fritz vs. Shintaro Mochizuki
- Alex De Minaur vs. Diego Schwartzman
- Ben Shelton beat Jordan Thompson: 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3
- Marcos Giron (Q) beat Casper Ruud (2): 6-3, 6-4
- Tommy Paul (5) beat Mackenzie McDonald: 6-4, 6-2
- Felix Auger-Aliassime (8) beat Sebastian Ofner: 6-4, 6-1
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