Dmitry Popko motors past Roberto Quiroz 6-1 6-1 in the 2nd round in the Sao Paulo Challenger on Wednesday after playing a great match to face off with Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves in the quarter.
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Popko had a racing start in this set after breaking Quiroz in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. The Kazakhstani extended his lead after breaking Quiroz in the 3rd (3-0) and in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.
An important stage of this set was when the Kazakhstani won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to bring the score from 0-0 to 4-0.
Popko converted 37% of his break points (3/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 2nd (2-0 30-40), the 5th (4-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40). On the other side, Popko didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 49 points. Popko was the one to win the set after conquering 13 points more than Quiroz (31-18). Dmitry was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (12-3). On the losing side, the Ecuadorian conceded 19 points on serve (15-19).
The Kazakhstani won the set after he broke Roberto in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game.
The Kazakhstani missed the chance to break Quiroz in the 2nd game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Roberto was completely knocked out in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-1 to 6-1.
The Kazakhstani converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 40-A). On the other side, Popko didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 44 points. The Kazakhstani won 16 more points than Quiroz (30-14). Popko was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (16-2). On the other side, Quiroz conceded 14 points on serve (12-14).
Popko will add to his prize money $ 600 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 1,460 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Kazakhstani will add $ 1,050 to his earnings to get in total $ 2,510 in total.
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At the end of the match, the Kazakhstani scored 61 points vs. the Ecuadorian’s 32.
Popko served very well to win 95% of the points (19/20) behind his first serve, and he won 69% points (9/13) on his second serve. The Kazakhstani won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points after he converted only 33% (5/15) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, the Ecuadorian wasn’t able to conquer any break point. However, The Kazakhstani was just to good and Quiroz had no opportunity to win this match.
After this match, the head to head between Popko and Quiroz is 3-0 for Dmitry.
Draw and next match H2H: Dmitry Popko vs. Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves – stats
Popko will play Meligeni Rodrigues Alves in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Dmitry Popko and Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Popko (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
Tennis Scores in Sao Paulo Challenger
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- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Thomaz BellucciBellucci (6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Christian LindellLindell (6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Roberto QuirozQuiroz (6-1 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Maxime JanvierJanvier – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (7-65 6-74 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (6-3 7-67) – Stats and score progression
- Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (7-64 7-5) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
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- Joao MenezesMenezes – Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Maxime JanvierJanvier – Pedro SakamotoSakamoto (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves – Dmitry PopkoPopko (0-0) – H2H details and stats