Arthur Rinderknech and Dmitry Popko will face off in the quarter of the Prague II Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 10.30 am on Court 5. In the following lines 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 -> 1.88
Arthur Rinderknech -> 1.88
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Prediction and head to head Arthur Rinderknech vs. Dmitry Popko
There is no head to head record between Arthur Rinderknech and Dmitry Popko since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Arthur Rinderknech
Ranked no. 161, Arthur got to the quarter after defeating Hugo Grenier 6-4 6-1 and Daniel Masur 6-3 6-3.
In the 3rd round, the French player had a good straight sets win against Masur (6-3 6-3). During the match Rinderknech scored 62 points vs Masur’s 47. Arthur was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Rinderknech wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Arthur Rinderknech was extremely effective on serve to win 71% (22/31) of his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Rinderknech broke Masur 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Arthur hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to win 58% of the points he played.
Rinderknech has a negative record in the last 5 years having won 35% of his matches (124-66). 2-1 on clay in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Rinderknech has a 132-59 win-loss record in the last 5 years on clay.
The French player best result of the year was reaching the final in the Rennes Challenger,the Drummondville Challenger and the Calgary Challenger.
Rinderknech has a 18-5 win-loss record in 2020, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Prague II Challenger
Arthur didn’t compete in the Prague II Challenger in 2019.
Dmitry Popko
Ranked no. 178, Popko got to the quarter after defeating Oscar Otte 7-5 6-3 and Yannick Maden 7-5 6-1.
In the 3rd round, Popko had a good straight sets win against Maden (7-5 6-1). During the match Popko scored 70 points vs Maden’s 55. The Kazakhstani was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Popko couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Dmitry Popko lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Popko put 78% of his first serves in, winning 63% (29/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (7/13) on the 2nd serve. Popko broke Maden 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Dmitry hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Popko has a fantastic record in the last 8 years having won 72% of his matches (823-318). 2-1 on clay in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Popko has a 312-159 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
The Kazakhstani’s best result of the year was getting to the semi-finals in the Bangkok Challenger.
Popko has a 9-9 win-loss record in 2020, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Prague II Challenger
Popko didn’t compete in the Prague II Challenger in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rinderknech | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 40 |
| Pts | 128-94 | 144-113 |
| Total Points | 222 | 257 |
| Winners | 45 | 51 |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% |
Both Rinderknech and Popko played 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Rinderknech and Popko have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Rinderknech played 5 games less than Popko. Rinderknech scored 45 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Kazakhstani managed to score 51 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rinderknech | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 1 |
| 1st in | 60/97 | 79/119 |
| %1st in | 62% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 45/60 | 51/79 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 22/37 | 24/40 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 60% |
Rinderknech struck 5 aces (2.5 per match). Popko managed to score 2 aces (1 per match). Rinderknech won 75% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Popko won 65% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rinderknech | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 11 |
| Converted | 9/17 | 11/18 |
| % Converted | 53% | 61% |
| Conceded | 4 | 12 |
| Saved | 2 | 8 |
| % Saved | 50% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Rinderknech broke his opponents 9 times with a 53% conversion rate. Arthur lost his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Dmitry broke his opponents 11 times with a 61% conversion rate. Popko conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rinderknech | ||||
| R2 Grenier |
R3 Masur |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 18 | 35 | |
| pts | 66-47 | 62-47 | 128-94 | |
| Total points | 113 | 109 | 222 | |
| Winners | 23 | 22 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 29/50 | 31/47 | 60/97 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 66% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 22/31 | 45/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 71% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/21 | 11/16 | 22/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 69% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 4/7 | 9/17 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 57% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 0/1 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 0% | 34% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Popko | ||||
| R2 Otte |
R3 Maden |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 19 | 40 | |
| pts | 74-58 | 70-55 | 144-113 | |
| Total points | 132 | 125 | 257 | |
| Winners | 22 | 29 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 41% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 33/60 | 46/59 | 79/119 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 78% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 22/33 | 29/46 | 51/79 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 63% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/27 | 7/13 | 24/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 54% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 6/9 | 11/18 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 67% | 61% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4/6 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWLWWLWW Tennis Scores in Prague II Challenger
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Lukas RosolRosol – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (6-710 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Ernests GulbisGulbis (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Renzo OlivoOlivo (4-6 7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Robin HaaseHaase – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Daniel MasurMasur (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Sergiy StakhovskyStakhovsky (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Yannick MadenMaden (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (1-0) – See H2H details
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (0-0) – See H2H details
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Lukas RosolRosol (0-1) – See H2H details
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Robin HaaseHaase (0-1) – See H2H details
