Stockholm, Sweden, 15 October 2019 | tennis.com.au

Alexei Popyrin has qualified for his ninth tour-level event of 2019 with a three-set win over Yuichi Sugita in Stockholm.

Helped by 12 aces, the Australian recovered to beat Sugita 1-6 6-2 6-3 to set up a first-round meeting at the indoor hard-court event with lucky loser Oscar Otte of Germany.

Popyrin beat Tobias Kamke in straight sets in the opening round of qualifying and will try to extend his winning run in Stockholm to three matches when he takes on Otte on Tuesday evening (local time).

Alexei Popyrin 🇦🇺 (@AlexeiPopyrin99) qualifies for the main draw at Intrum Stockholm Open for the 2️⃣nd year in a row! 💥

1-6, 6-2, 6-3 over Yuichi Sugita.

🎫 for main draw = ✅#SthlmOpen pic.twitter.com/2vRrfuvMSf

— BNP Paribas Nordic Open (@sthlm_open) October 14, 2019

Popyrin has now won 34 singles matches in 2019 and is now inside the top 90 after beginning his season ranked 147th.

This year he has come through the qualifying rounds to reach the main draw in Acapulco, Indian Wells, Monte Carlo, Estoril, Stuttgart, Wimbledon, Chengdu and Tokyo prior to this week in Stockholm.

He joins fellow Aussie John Millman in the main draw; Millman takes on No.5 seed Pablo Carreno Busta on Tuesday afternoon on Centre Court.

Bernard Tomic, meanwhile, fell in the first round to Dan Evans.

The eighth-seeded Evans battled for almost two hours to subdue the Queenslander, eventually winning 6-4 1-6 6-3.