Popyrin

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Popyrin wins late-night epic at Australian Open 2023 (Tennis Australia)

Aussie Alexei Popyrin has continued the impressive runs of local wildcards at Australian Open 2023, winning a four-hour battle in the opening round.

[WC] Olivia Gadecki (AUS) v Marta Kostyuk (UKR) [WC] Kimberly Birrell (AUS) v Linda Fruhvirtova (CZE) [WC] Alexei Popyrin (AUS) v [8] Taylor Fritz (USA) [WC] Alexei Popyrin (AUS) d Chun-Hsin Tseng (TPE) 4-6 7-6(5) 6-7(5) 7-6(4) 6-1 [WC] Rinky Hijikata (AUS) v [3] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) The then seven-year-old dreamed of one day emulating his heroes.

The new king of late night: Aussie storms back, wins five-set Open ... (Fox Sports)

The new king of late night: Aussie storms back, wins five-set Open thriller at 2:02am.

Live Coverage of ATP + WTA Tour Tournaments including Every Finals Match. Watch Tennis Live with beIN SPORTS on Kayo. It was a match that began on a different court, and on a different day, and saw the victor waste 12 separate break points in the first four sets.

Aussie wildcard channels Hewitt in 2am epic (Wide World of Sports)

Aussie wildcard Alexei Popyrin advanced at the Australian Open in a five set epic encounter that finished a...

I've never played a match this long." "I'm exhausted. "I've never played a match this late. The 23-year-old wildcard had it all to do, finding himself down a two-sets, before he laid it on late in the match and broke his opponent's serve on his 13th opportunity, and built a 3-0 lead in the final set. That was a physical battle and a mental battle too," an emotional Popyrin said. Couple that with a start time of 9:37pm due to several cancellations because of the weather, the gruelling four-hour and 26-minute match was the longest of Popyrin's career.

Alexei Popyrin in 2am stunner after Australian Open rocked by wild ... (Yahoo Sport Australia)

The Australian Open was rocked by chaos on Tuesday as a number of Aussies scored impressive wins. Read more here.

Australian Open: Australian wildcard Alexei Popyrin digs deep for ... (The West Australian)

Local wildcard Alexei Popyrin says the crowd inspired him to an epic five-set comeback win to reach the Australian Open second round in a midnight thriller.