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.
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 | |
Tennis Scores in Bangkok Challenger
- Robin HaaseHaase – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Federico GaioGaio – Jiri VeselyVesely (7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (2-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Federico GaioGaio – Dmitry PopkoPopko (1-0) – See H2H details
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Robin HaaseHaase (0-0) – See H2H details