Dmitry Popko and Ulises Blanch will fight against each other in the 1^st round of the Nur-Sultan 1 Challenger for the 2^nd time of their career. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dmitry Popko who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Dmitry Popko is the pick to win this match.
Dmitry Popko -> 1.53
Ulises Blanch -> 2.44

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This will be the 2^nd time that Dmitry Popko and Ulises Blanch clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Popko (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they competed against each other, Popko won 6-3 6-2 in the 1^st round in the Cary Challenger back in 2020.

Dmitry Popko

Ranked no. 180, the Kazakhstani will start his run in the Sultan 1 Challenger after he played his last match in the Biella 2 Challenger where he lost 6-1 6-4 to Gulbis in the 2^nd round on the 17^th of February.

The Kazakhstani has a 3-3 win-loss record in 2021, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, Dmitry has an overall 334-176 record. He has a negative 19-20 record on indoor hard courts.

Previously in the Sultan 1 Challenger

Dmitry has never competed in this tournament before.

Sultan 1 Challenger

Popko's Record

Ulises Blanch

Ranked no. 244, Blanch will start his run in the Sultan 1 Challenger after he played his last match in the Potchefstroom 2 Challenger where he lost 6-4 1-6 6-3 to Gabashvili in the 2^nd round on the 17^th of February.

The American has a 3-3 win-loss record in 2021, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

This will be the first match of the year on indoor hard courts.

In terms of his career, The American has an overall 143-119 record. He has a positive 22-13 record on indoor hard courts.

Sultan 1 Challenger

Blanch's Record

Head 2 Head

• 0Slam
• 0Main
• 2Chall
• 25Minor

• 0Slam
• 0Main
• 2Chall
• 2Minor

Dmitry
Popko

1:1

Ulises
Blanch

Rank

223

High

155

1Hard0

0I.hard1

Rank

798

High

236

Win Loss

Popko

LLLLWLWWLW

Blanch

LWW

2025 2024 2023

24 - 30

2 - 1

15-10

Hard

2-1

1-2

I Hard

0-0

8-17

Clay

0-0

Tennis Scores in Sultan 1 Challenger

• Tung-Lin WuWu – Hugo GrenierGrenier (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (7-5 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Sebastian OfnerOfner (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Martin KlizanKlizan – Timofey SkatovSkatov (6-4 4-6 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings

• Denis IstominIstomin – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Peter PolanskyPolansky – Maximilian MartererMarterer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tatsuma ItoIto – Vladyslav ManafovManafov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Roberto QuirozQuiroz – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Dmitry PopkoPopko – Ulises BlanchBlanch (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Bogdan BobrovBobrov – Kacper ZukZuk (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexandre MullerMuller – Brayden SchnurSchnur (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ryan PenistonPeniston – Borna GojoGojo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jurij RodionovRodionov – Julian LenzLenz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Pavel KotovKotov – Blaz RolaRola (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Dostanbek TashbulatovTashbulatov – Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tomas MachacMachac – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (0-0) – H2H and prediction

Popko

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Blanch