Dmitry Popko and Aslan Karatsev will play each other in the semifinal of the Prague II Challenger for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 11 am on Court 6. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aslan Karatsev who should win in 2 sets.
Aslan Karatsev -> 1.39
Dmitry Popko -> 2.9
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Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Aslan Karatsev
This will be the 3rd time that Dmitry Popko and Aslan Karatsev square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Popko (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Popko won 7-5 6-1 in the 1st round in the Karshi Challenger back in 2017.
Dmitry Popko
Ranked no. 178, Dmitry got to the 1st round after beating Oscar Otte 7-5 6-3, Yannick Maden 7-5 6-1
and Arthur Rinderknech 0-6 7-61 6-3.In the quarter against Rinderknech, Popko recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (0-6 7-61 6-3).-84) than Rinderknech. In fact, the world no. 178 won 84 points vs Rinderknech’s. That means that Popko was more focused during the important points. Popko was extremely aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Regarding the service games, Popko was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 5 double faults. Dmitry Popko lost the serve 4 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Popko put 65% of his first serves in, winning 71% (42/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (12/32) on the 2nd serve. The Kazakhstani broke Rinderknech 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Popko has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Popko has a negative record in the last 8 years having won 28% of his matches (831-318). 3-1 on clay in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Popko has a 313-159 record in the last 8 years on clay.
The Kazakhstani’s best result of the current year was getting to the semi-finals in the Bangkok Challenger.
The Kazakhstani has a 10-9 win-loss record in 2020, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Prague II Challenger
Dmitry didn’t compete in the Prague II Challenger in 2019.
Aslan Karatsev
Ranked no. 194, the Russian reached the 1st round after beating Enzo Couacaud 3-6 7-5 7-5, Steven Diez 6-1 6-2, Ernests Gulbis 6-2 6-1 and Stan Wawrinka w/o.
In the quarter, Aslan defeated Wawrinka (w/o). During the match Karatsev and Wawrinka scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 178 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match.
Talking about serving, Karatsev couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Aslan Karatsev conceded no breaks for the entire match to put NAN% of his first serves in, win NAN% (/) of the points behind his 1st serve and NAN% (/) on the 2nd serve.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Karatsev has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Karatsev has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (615-425). 8-1 on clay in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Karatsev has a 300-204 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
Aslan’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Bangkok Challenger and the Prague Challenger.
Aslan has a 18-6 win-loss record in 2020, 8-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Prague II Challenger
Aslan didn’t compete in the Prague II Challenger in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Popko | Karatsev |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 68 | 63 |
| Pts | 228-204 | 230-180 |
| Total Points | 432 | 410 |
| Winners | 93 | 73 |
| %Winners | 41% | 32% |
Both Popko and Karatsev played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Dmitry Popko conceded 1 set, while Aslan Karatsev dropper 1 set. Talking about their workload, Popko and Karatsev have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Popko played 5 games more than Karatsev. The Kazakhstani scored 93 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Karatsev scored 73 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Popko | Karatsev |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 0.7 | 3 |
| 1st in | 138/210 | 97/193 |
| %1st in | 66% | 50% |
| 1st pts | 93/138 | 73/97 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 36/72 | 52/96 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 54% |
Popko blasted 2 aces (0.7 per match). Karatsev fired 9 aces (3 per match). Popko won 67% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Karatsev won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Popko | Karatsev |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 14 | 15 |
| Converted | 14/22 | 15/30 |
| % Converted | 64% | 50% |
| Conceded | 24 | 20 |
| Saved | 16 | 15 |
| % Saved | 67% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 5 |
The Kazakhstani broke his opponents 14 times with a 64% conversion rate. Dmitry dropped his serve 8 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Karatsev broke his opponents 15 times with a 50% conversion rate. Aslan conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Popko | |||||
| R2 Otte | R3 Maden | 1/4 Rinderknech | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | 7-5 6-1 | 0-6 7-61 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 19 | 28 | 68 | |
| pts | 74-58 | 70-55 | 84-91 | 228-204 | |
| Total points | 132 | 125 | 175 | 432 | |
| Winners | 22 | 29 | 42 | 93 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 41% | 50% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 33/60 | 46/59 | 59/91 | 138/210 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 78% | 65% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 22/33 | 29/46 | 42/59 | 93/138 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 63% | 71% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/27 | 7/13 | 12/32 | 36/72 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 54% | 38% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 3 | 14 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 6/9 | 3/4 | 14/22 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 67% | 75% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | 12 | 24 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4/6 | 8/12 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
| Karatsev | ||||||
| R1 Couacaud | R2 Diez | R3 Gulbis | 1/4 Wawrinka | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-5 7-5 | 6-1 6-2 | 6-2 6-1 | w/o | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 63 | |
| pts | 109-104 | 60-34 | 61-42 | – | 230-180 | |
| Total points | 213 | 94 | 103 | 0 | 410 | |
| Winners | 38 | 19 | 16 | 73 | ||
| %Winners | 35% | 32% | 26% | NAN% | 32% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | ||
| 1st in | 56/101 | 22/49 | 19/43 | / | 97/193 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 45% | 44% | NAN% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 38/56 | 19/22 | 16/19 | / | 73/97 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 86% | 84% | NAN% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/45 | 13/27 | 14/24 | / | 52/96 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 48% | 58% | NAN% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | ||
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/9 | 5/9 | / | 15/30 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 56% | 56% | NAN% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 4 | 2 | 20 | ||
| Saved | 10/14 | 3/4 | 2/2 | 0/ | 15 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 75% | 100% | – | 82% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
Tennis Scores in Prague II Challenger
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (0-6 7-61 6-3) – See score progression
- Lukas RosolRosol – Sebastian OfnerOfner (6-3 5-7 7-5) – See score progression
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (w/o) – See score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Robin HaaseHaase (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Dmitry PopkoPopko (0-2) – See H2H details
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Lukas RosolRosol (0-1) – See H2H details