Dmitry Popko and Sasi Kumar Mukund will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the the Bangkok Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:00 pm on COURT 5. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dmitry Popko who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dmitry Popko is the pick to win this match.
Dmitry Popko -> 1.36
Sasi Kumar Mukund -> 3.00
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Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Sasi Kumar Mukund
There is no head to head record between Dmitry Popko and Sasi Kumar Mukund since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Dmitry Popko
Ranked no. 184, the Kazakhstani got to the 3rd round after beating Aslan Karatsev 4-6 6-0 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Karatsev, The Kazakhstani recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-0 6-4). During the match Popko scored 84 points vs Karatsev’s 75. Popko was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Popko blasted 9 aces and he was not very solid on his 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Dmitry Popko lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Popko put 49% of his first serves in, winning 77% (30/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (18/41) on the 2nd serve. Popko broke Karatsev 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).
Popko has a weak record in the last 8 years having won 49% of his matches (157-153). 4-2 on hard in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Popko has a 57-63 record in the last 8 years on hard.
The Kazakhstani has a 4-2 win-loss record in 2020, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Bangkok Challenger
Dmitry didn’t play in the Bangkok Challenger in 2019.
Sasi Kumar Mukund
Ranked no. 267, the Indian reached the 3rd round after defeating Duckhee Lee 6-1 6-3 and Paolo Lorenzi 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Sasi had a good straight sets win against Lorenzi (6-3 6-2). During the match Kumar Mukund scored 64 points vs Lorenzi’s 48. The Indian was extremely aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Talking about serving, Kumar Mukund blasted 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Sasi Kumar Mukund was extremely effective on serve to win 77% (17/22) of his 1st serve and 63% (17/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kumar Mukund broke Lorenzi 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sasi hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
Kumar Mukund has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 51% of his matches (159-153). 3-1 on hard in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kumar Mukund has a 52-57 record in the last 7 years on hard.
Kumar Mukund has a 3-1 win-loss record in 2020, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Bangkok Challenger
Sasi didn’t compete in the Bangkok Challenger in 2019.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Popko | Kumar Mukund |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 33 |
| Pts | 84-75 | 131-93 |
| Total Points | 159 | 224 |
| Winners | 30 | 35 |
| %Winners | 36% | 27% |
Popko played 1 match while Kumar Mukund competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Dmitry Popko dropped 1 set while Sasi Kumar Mukund hasn’t conceded a set so far. Popko has played 1 sets less than Kumar Mukund (3 vs 4). Therefore, Popko played 7 games less than Kumar Mukund. The Kazakhstani scored 30 winners (36% on total points). On the other side, Sasi blasted 35 winners (27%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Popko | Kumar Mukund |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 39/80 | 46/95 |
| %1st in | 49% | 48% |
| 1st pts | 30/39 | 35/46 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 18/41 | 33/49 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 67% |
Popko blasted 9 aces . Kumar Mukund blasted 9 aces (4.5 per match). Popko won 77% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Kumar Mukund won 76% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Popko | Kumar Mukund |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 8 |
| Converted | 6/13 | 8/24 |
| % Converted | 46% | 33% |
| Conceded | 8 | 1 |
| Saved | 5 | 0 |
| % Saved | 63% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
The Kazakhstani broke his opponent 6 times with 46% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Sasi broke his opponents 8 times with 33% conversion rate. Kumar Mukund conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Popko | |||
| R2 Karatsev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-0 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 84-75 | 84-75 | |
| Total points | 159 | 159 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 10 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 39/80 | 39/80 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 30/39 | 30/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/41 | 18/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 38% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Kumar Mukund | ||||
| R1 Hee Lee |
R2 Lorenzi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 17 | 33 | |
| pts | 67-45 | 64-48 | 131-93 | |
| Total points | 112 | 112 | 224 | |
| Winners | 18 | 17 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 27% | 27% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 24/46 | 22/49 | 46/95 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 45% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 18/24 | 17/22 | 35/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 77% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/22 | 17/27 | 33/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 63% | 67% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/12 | 8/24 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Bangkok Challenger
- Peter PolanskyPolansky – Shuichi SekiguchiSekiguchi (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Robin HaaseHaase – Renzo OlivoOlivo (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Wishaya TrongcharoenchaikulTrongcharoenchaikul – Roberto MarcoraMarcora (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jiri VeselyVesely – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (3-6 6-1 7-65) – See score progression
- Attila BalazsBalazs – Filippo BaldiBaldi (6-1 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (7-65 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (4-6 6-0 6-4) – See score progression
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Antoine HoangHoang (6-0 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Martin KlizanKlizan (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Go SoedaSoeda – Alex MolcanMolcan (0-6 7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Federico GaioGaio – Kaichi UchidaUchida (3-6 7-65 7-5) – See score progression
- Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Sebastian OfnerOfner (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Denis IstominIstomin – Santiago GiraldoGiraldo (6-3 7-67) – See score progression
- Sasi Kumar MukundKumar Mukund – Paolo LorenziLorenzi (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan – Jc AragoneAragone (7-65 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Denis IstominIstomin – Federico GaioGaio (0-0) – See H2H details
- Peter PolanskyPolansky – Hugo GrenierGrenier (0-0) – See H2H details
- Attila BalazsBalazs – Robin HaaseHaase (0-0) – See H2H details
- Jiri VeselyVesely – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (0-0) – See H2H details
- Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (0-0) – See H2H details
- Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan – Go SoedaSoeda (0-0) – See H2H details
- Sasi Kumar MukundKumar Mukund – Dmitry PopkoPopko (0-0) – See H2H details
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Wishaya TrongcharoenchaikulTrongcharoenchaikul (0-0) – See H2H details
