Popyrin blitzes the field

NSWIS tennis player Alexei Popyrin was one match shy of completing an outstanding double at the 2010 Campionati Internazionali BNL D’Italia Giovanili Under-12 in Rome, Italy, winning the boy’s doubles and finishing runner up in the boy’s singles.

Popyrin and his doubles partner Zizou Bergs of Belgium blitzed through their opposition on the way to doubles glory. The pair didn’t drop a set and easily accounted for Italian duo Lorenzo Baglietto and Lorenzo Moja 6-2, 6-4 in the final.

Popyrin’s run in the singles tournament included a 6-0, 6-0 drubbing of Italian Mattia Spoto before falling to Romanian Edris Fetisleam 3-6, 3-6.