Tennis player Popyrin was declared the luckiest in the world in Cincinnati

These are good times for the Australian tennis player Alexei Popyrin24 years old and world number 58. A few weeks ago, he made his fortune on the court, winning the ATP 250 tournament on clay in Umag, topping the list of winners. Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner. He cried, after losing in the final, his famous rival, the Swiss veteran Stan Wawrinka.

The former junior world number two, another promise in the long list of tennis players produced by Australia, a nation that reveres the sport, maintained his streak of good fortune, this time with the direct intervention of chance. . It put him in a good situation, and he took advantage of it.

This is not new in tennis, but it is also not a common occurrence in a Masters 1000 ATP category tournament. papyrin He had packed his bags to leave Cincinnati, but entered the photo because of one of the last-minute absences, the Russian. Karen Khachanova.

He was paired in the draw with the British andy murray. Another stroke of personal luck. The Scotsman was eliminated due to a stomach problem, giving his place to a less important opponent, who, like Popyrin, had lost in the previous round: the German Daniel Altmayer, No. 52 ATP.

Popyrin, beaten in ‘qualy’ by his countryman Max Purcell, butcher later Casper Ruud, He refished and was able to beat Altmaier 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-4.

He does not have to compete in the second round. As fate would have it, his opponent, the Chilean Nicholas Jarry, had to leave the tournament to return to his country to attend the birth of his second child.

Open field to seek his first Masters 1000 quarterfinals in the round of 16. He went for his best result, defeating the Finn Emil Ruusuvuori, that removed Andrei Rublevby 6-2, 1-6 and 6-3.

The ‘lucky loser’ (lucky loser) Popyrin is already waiting for the Greek in the rooms Stefanos Tsitsipas or the polish Hubert Hurkacz. Anything could happen as the stars conspired in favor of the powerful tennis player from Sydney, a great server supported by his 1.96 m. of height

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