H2H. Federico Gaio vs Dmitry Popko | Bangkok Challenger prediction, odds, preview, pick

Bangkok Challenger. Gaio and Popko will face off in the semifinal of the the Bangkok Challenger. See the H2H stats, odds, preview and predictions of their next match

Prediction and head to head Federico Gaio vs. Dmitry Popko

Federico Gaio and Dmitry Popko will square off in the semifinal of the the Bangkok Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 12:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here 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 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Dmitry Popko is the pick to win this match.
Dmitry Popko -> 1.53
Federico Gaio -> 2.37

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Prediction and head to head Federico Gaio vs. Dmitry Popko

This will be the 2nd time that Federico Gaio and Dmitry Popko face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Gaio (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

Federico Gaio

Ranked no. 151, Gaio got to the semifinal after beating Kaichi Uchida 3-6 7-65 7-5, Denis Istomin 6-4 6-2 and Jiri Vesely 7-63 6-3.

In the quarter, Gaio had a good straight sets win against Vesely (7-63 6-3). During the match Gaio scored 74 points vs Vesely’s 61. Federico was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about serving, Gaio blasted 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Federico Gaio was extremely effective on serve to win 84% (32/38) of his 1st serve and 64% (18/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Federico broke Vesely once after converting 14% of his break points (1/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Gaio has conceded 1 set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.

Gaio has a weak win-loss record in the last 10 years having won only 40% of his matches (150-225). 3-2 on hard in 2020. . In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gaio has a 145-157 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.

Federico has a 3-2 win-loss record in 2020, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Bangkok Challenger

The Italian didn’t compete in the Bangkok Challenger in 2019.

Dmitry Popko

Ranked no. 184, Popko got to the semifinal after defeating Aslan Karatsev 4-6 6-0 6-4, Sasi Kumar Mukund 7-5 6-4 and Daniel Altmaier 6-0 6-4.

In the quarter, Popko had a good straight sets win against Altmaier (6-0 6-4). During the match Popko scored 63 points vs Altmaier’s 39. Dmitry was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about serving, Popko blasted 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Dmitry Popko lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Popko put 67% of his first serves in, winning 81% (26/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (7/16) on the 2nd serve. The Kazakhstani broke Altmaier 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Kazakhstani has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Popko has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 53% of his matches (173-153). 6-2 on hard in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Popko has a 59-63 record in the last 8 years on hard.

Popko has a 6-2 win-loss record in 2020, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Bangkok Challenger

The Kazakhstani didn’t play in the Bangkok Challenger in 2019.

Live score

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Gaio Popko
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 7 7
Tot Games 74 64
Pts 246-207 221-180
Total Points 453 401
Winners 97 81
%Winners 39% 37%

Both Gaio and Popko played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Federico Gaio conceded 1 set, while Dmitry Popko dropper 1 set. Talking about their workload, Gaio and Popko have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Gaio played 10 games more than Popko. Gaio scored 97 winners (39% on total points). On the other side, The Kazakhstani blasted 81 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve Gaio Popko
Aces 40 17
Avg per match 13.3 5.7
1st in 120/225 110/204
%1st in 53% 54%
1st pts 97/120 81/110
%1st pts 81% 74%
2nd pts 61/105 43/94
%2nd pts 58% 46%

Gaio blasted 40 aces (13.3 per match). Popko blasted 17 aces (5.7 per match). Gaio won 81% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Popko won 74% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Gaio Popko
Won 8 16
Converted 8/21 16/35
% Converted 38% 46%
Conceded 16 23
Saved 12 16
% Saved 75% 70%
Times Broken 4 7

Gaio broke his opponents 8 times with 38% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Dmitry broke his opponents 16 times with 46% conversion rate. Popko conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.

Gaio
R2
Uchida
R3
Istomin
1/4
Vesely
Total
Score 3-6 7-65 7-5 6-4 6-2 7-63 6-3
Tot Set 3 2 2 7
Tot Games 34 18 22 74
pts 97-89 75-57 74-61 246-207
Total points 186 132 135 453
Winners 34 31 32 97
%Winners 35% 41% 43% 39%
SERVE
Aces 21 10 9 40
Double Faults 4 5 3 12
1st in 38/86 44/73 38/66 120/225
% 1st in 44% 60% 58% 53%
1st pts 34/38 31/44 32/38 97/120
% 1st pts 89% 70% 84% 81%
2nd pts 28/48 15/29 18/28 61/105
% 2nd pts 58% 52% 64% 58%
Breaks
Won 3 4 1 8
Converted 3/3 4/11 1/7 8/21
Converted % 100% 36% 14% 38%
Conceded 5 8 3 16
Saved 2 7 3 12
Saved % 60% 13% 0% 24%
Times Broken 3 1 0 4
Popko
R2
Karatsev
R3
Kumar Mukund
1/4
Altmaier
Total
Score 4-6 6-0 6-4 7-5 6-4 6-0 6-4
Tot Set 3 2 2 7
Tot Games 26 22 16 64
pts 84-75 74-66 63-39 221-180
Total points 159 140 102 401
Winners 30 25 26 81
%Winners 36% 34% 41% 37%
SERVE
Aces 9 6 2 17
Double Faults 10 6 2 18
1st in 39/80 39/76 32/48 110/204
% 1st in 49% 51% 67% 54%
1st pts 30/39 25/39 26/32 81/110
% 1st pts 77% 64% 81% 74%
2nd pts 18/41 18/37 7/16 43/94
% 2nd pts 44% 49% 44% 46%
Breaks
Won 6 5 5 16
Converted 6/13 5/8 5/14 16/35
Converted % 46% 63% 36% 46%
Conceded 8 10 5 23
Saved 5 7 4 16
Saved % 38% 30% 20% 29%
Times Broken 3 3 1 7

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Gaio
LWWLWWLWWW
Popko
LLLLWWLWLL
2024 2023 2022
14 - 17
64 - 31
2-7
Hard
7-2
12-10
Clay
57-26

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