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H2H. Dmitry Popko vs Pavel Kotov | Nur-Sultan Challenger prediction, odds, preview, pick

Nur-Sultan Challenger. Popko and Kotov will face off in 2nd round of the Nur-Sultan Challenger. See the H2H stats, odds, preview and predictions of their next match

Mark Hall

10 March 2020

Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Pavel Kotov

Dmitry Popko and Pavel Kotov will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Nur-Sultan Challenger for the 1^st 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 3^rd round the 20^th 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 2^nd round after beating Dostanbek Tashbulatov 6-4 6-2.

In the 1^st 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

0Slam
0Main
1Chall
25Minor

0Slam
0Main
3Chall
3Minor

Dmitry
Popko

0:1

Pavel
Kotov

Rank

176

High

162

0I.hard1

Rank

High

Win Loss

Popko

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Kotov

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2024 2023 2022

64 - 31

20 - 25

7-2

Hard

9-11

57-26

Clay

11-9

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