The 25-year-old Australian broke Rublev to love in the opening game of the match and never looked back as he charged to a 6-2, 6-4 win late in Monday night.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He claimed three Top 10 wins and snapped the eight-match winning streak of Washington champion Sebastian Korda en route to the title. He also took down World No. 14 Ben Shelton in the second round.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Surging to a career-high No. 23 in the ATP Rankings after reprising his win over Rublev in this year\u2019s Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters, Popyrin saved all four break points he faced in the first set. In the second set he showed composure after dropping serve for 3-all to immediately break Rublev by dancing around a second serve and thundering two huge forehands, ATP reports.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
By improving to 2-1 in his ATP head-to-head series with Rublev, Popyrin maintained his perfect record in ATP Tour finals, adding to the trophies he won in Singapore in 2021 and Umag in 2023.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Popyrin saved three match points to upset World No. 10 Grigor Dimitrov in the third round. He then defeated No. 6 Hubert Hurkacz in the quarter-finals before upending Korda in the semi-finals. He is the second-lowest-ranked champion in tournament history, behind only Sweden\u2019s Mikael Pernfors, who was No. 95 when he won in 1993, according to ATP stats.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
By improving to 2-1 in his ATP head-to-head series with Rublev, Popyrin maintained his perfect record in ATP Tour finals, adding to the trophies he won in Singapore in 2021 and Umag in 2023.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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