After nearly a two-month break from the ATP Tour with a back injury, Alexei Popyrin's Stockholm Open campaign is over no sooner than it began.
In the Australian's first match since losing to Jannik Sinner in the round of 64 at the US Open, Popyrin has fallen at the first hurdle to Sebastian Korda, going down 6-7 (4-7) 6-1 6-3 at the indoor hardcourt event on Monday night.
The seventh-seeded Australian had split the two previous clashes with the American but the world No.48, who had enjoyed reaching a career-high 19 just prior to playing at Flushing Meadows, succumbed in two hours 24 minutes.
