Dmitry Popko and Roberto Ortega-Olmedo will face off in the 3rd round of the Morelos Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 5:30 pm on ESTADIO. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dmitry Popko is the pick to win this match.
Dmitry Popko -> 1.25
Roberto Ortega-Olmedo -> 3.75
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Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Roberto Ortega-Olmedo
There is no head to head record between Dmitry Popko and Roberto Ortega-Olmedo since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.However, they played each other in futures. Therefore their H2H is 1-0 for Popko.
Dmitry Popko
Ranked no. 168 (career high), Popko got to the 3rd round after defeating Martin Redlicki 6-3 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Popko had a good straight sets win against Redlicki (6-3 7-5). During the match Popko scored 69 points vs Redlicki’s 61. Popko was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Popko blasted 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Dmitry Popko was extremely effective on serve to win 77% (30/39) of his 1st serve and 51% (18/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Kazakhstani broke Redlicki 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Popko has a losing record in the last 8 years having won 48% of his matches (181-169). 7-4 on hard in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Popko has a 60-67 record in the last 8 years on hard.
Popko’s best result of the current year was getting to the semi-finals in the Bangkok Challenger.
Dmitry has a 7-6 win-loss record in 2020, 7-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Morelos Challenger
The Kazakhstani didn’t compete in the Morelos Challenger in 2019.
Roberto Ortega-Olmedo
Ranked no. 268, the Spaniard got to the 3rd round after beating Gerardo Lopez Villasenor 7-5 3-6 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Spaniard defeated Lopez Villasenor (7-5 3-6 6-4).-91) than Lopez Villasenor. In fact, the world no. 168 won 91 points vs Lopez Villasenor’s. That means that Ortega-Olmedo was more focused during the important points. The Spaniard was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Ortega-Olmedo blasted 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Roberto Ortega-Olmedo lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Ortega-Olmedo put 56% of his first serves in, winning 68% (36/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 51% (21/41) on the 2nd serve. Ortega-Olmedo broke Lopez Villasenor 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Ortega-Olmedo has a negative win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 40% of his matches (136-200). 1-1 on hard in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ortega-Olmedo has a 57-79 record in the last 9 years on hard.
The Spaniard has a 4-4 win-loss record in 2020, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Morelos Challenger
Ortega-Olmedo capitulated in the quarter 7-66 4-6 6-4 to Matias Franco Descotte.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Popko | Ortega-Olmedo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 31 |
| Pts | 69-61 | 91-94 |
| Total Points | 130 | 185 |
| Winners | 30 | 36 |
| %Winners | 43% | 40% |
Both Popko and Ortega-Olmedo played 1 matche. At the moment, Roberto Ortega-Olmedo lost 1 set while Dmitry Popko hasn’t conceded a set so far. Popko has played 1 sets less than Ortega-Olmedo (2 vs 3). Therefore, Popko played 10 games less than Ortega-Olmedo. Dmitry scored 30 winners (43% on total points). On the other side, Ortega-Olmedo blasted 36 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Popko | Ortega-Olmedo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 4 |
| 1st in | 39/74 | 53/94 |
| %1st in | 53% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 30/39 | 36/53 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 18/35 | 21/41 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 51% |
Popko blasted 7 aces . Ortega-Olmedo blasted 4 aces . Popko won 77% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Ortega-Olmedo won 68% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Popko | Ortega-Olmedo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 75% | 50% |
| Conceded | 5 | 10 |
| Saved | 4 | 6 |
| % Saved | 80% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Popko broke his opponent 3 times with 75% conversion rate. Dmitry conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponent 4 times with 50% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Popko | |||
| R2 Redlicki |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 69-61 | 69-61 | |
| Total points | 130 | 130 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 39/74 | 39/74 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 30/39 | 30/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/35 | 18/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | |
| Ortega-Olmedo | |||
| R2 Lopez Villasenor |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 3-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 91-94 | 91-94 | |
| Total points | 185 | 185 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 53/94 | 53/94 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 36/53 | 36/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/41 | 21/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 300 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Morelos Challenger
- Guilherme ClezarClezar – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (7-65 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Aziz DougazDougaz – Dudi SelaSela (2-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Roberto QuirozQuiroz – Benjamin LockLock (6-2 5-7 6-1) – See score progression
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Martin RedlickiRedlicki (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Evan KingKing (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Ruan RoelofseRoelofse (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Roberto Ortega-OlmedoOrtega-Olmedo – Gerardo Lopez VillasenorLopez Villasenor (7-5 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexander SarkissianSarkissian – Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Adrian Menendez-MaceirasMenendez-Maceiras – Thomaz BellucciBellucci (6-2 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Santiago GiraldoGiraldo – Manuel SanchezSanchez (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Cristian RodriguezRodriguez (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Skander MansouriMansouri – Jc AragoneAragone (6-2 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Kevin KingKing (7-61 6-3) – See score progression
- Alejandro GonzalezGonzalez – James WardWard (3-6 6-1 7-63) – See score progression
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Matias Franco DescotteFranco Descotte (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Peter PolanskyPolansky – Pedro SakamotoSakamoto (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Adrian Menendez-MaceirasMenendez-Maceiras – Alexander SarkissianSarkissian (0-0) – See H2H details
- Alejandro GonzalezGonzalez – Sebastian OfnerOfner (0-0) – See H2H details
- Peter PolanskyPolansky – Jurij RodionovRodionov (0-0) – See H2H details
- Roberto QuirozQuiroz – Guilherme ClezarClezar (0-1) – See H2H details
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Roberto Ortega-OlmedoOrtega-Olmedo (1-0) – See H2H details
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Skander MansouriMansouri (0-0) – See H2H details
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Christopher EubanksEubanks (0-0) – See H2H details
- Aziz DougazDougaz – Santiago GiraldoGiraldo (0-0) – See H2H details
