Dmitry Popko and Pavel Kotov will play each other in the 2nd round of the Nur-Sultan Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 4:00 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.
As per the initial odds, Dmitry Popko is the pick to win this match.
Dmitry Popko -> 1.72
Pavel Kotov -> 2.00
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Dmitry Popko
Ranked no. 175, Popko will start his run in the the Nur-Sultan Challenger after he played his last match in the Morelos Challenger where he lost 7-5 1-6 6-0 to Ortega-Olmedo in the 3rd round the 20th of February.
Popko has a 7-7 win-loss record in 2020, 0-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Dmitry’s best result of the season was reaching the semi-finals in the Bangkok Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, The Kazakhstani has an overall 310-157 record. He has positive 17-15 record on indoor hard courts.
Last year in the The Nur-Sultan Challenger
The Kazakhstani didn’t play in the The Nur-Sultan Challenger in 2019.
Pavel Kotov
Ranked no. 283, Kotov reached the 2nd round after beating Dostanbek Tashbulatov 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, Kotov had a good straight sets win against Tashbulatov (6-4 6-2). During the match Kotov scored 67 points vs Tashbulatov’s 50. Pavel was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Kotov scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Pavel Kotov lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kotov put 63% of his first serves in, winning 78% (29/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. Pavel broke Tashbulatov 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Kotov has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 60% of his matches (106-72). 3-5 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kotov has a 132-80 win-loss record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
Pavel has a 3-5 win-loss record in 2020, 3-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the The Nur-Sultan Challenger
Kotov didn’t compete in the The Nur-Sultan Challenger in 2019.
Head 2 Head
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LLLLLLWWWL Tennis Scores in Sultan Challenger
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Tomas MachacMachac (6-72 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Pavel KotovKotov – Dostanbek TashbulatovTashbulatov (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Aleksandr NedovesovNedovesov – Timur MaulenovMaulenov (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexey ZakharovZakharov – Danil OzernoyOzernoy (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Grigoriy LomakinLomakin – Sagadat AyapAyap (5-7 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Tobias KamkeKamke – Bekzat UsipbekovUsipbekov (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Konstantin KravchukKravchuk (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
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