Facundo Bagnis and Dmitry Popko will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Barcelona Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:30 am on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Facundo Bagnis who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Facundo Bagnis is the pick to win this match.
Facundo Bagnis -> 1.58
Dmitry Popko -> 2.32
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Prediction and head to head Facundo Bagnis vs. Dmitry Popko
This will be the 2nd time that Facundo Bagnis and Dmitry Popko play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Popko (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
Facundo Bagnis
Ranked no. 129, Facundo got to the 2nd round after defeating Joao Domingues 7-65 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Domingues (7-65 6-4). During the match Bagnis scored 79 points vs Domingues’s 66. Bagnis was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Bagnis scored just 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Facundo Bagnis lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Bagnis put 56% of his first serves in, winning 82% (31/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (13/30) on the 2nd serve. Bagnis broke Domingues 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Bagnis has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (367-248). 21-9 on clay in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Bagnis has a 350-214 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
The Argentine’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Biella Challenger.
Facundo has a 22-11 win-loss record in 2020, 21-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Barcelona Challenger
Bagnis didn’t play in the Barcelona Challenger in 2019.
Dmitry Popko
Ranked no. 171, Dmitry got to the 2nd round after defeating Nicola Kuhn 7-5 6-4.
In the 1st round, Dmitry had a good straight sets win against Kuhn (7-5 6-4). During the match Popko scored 72 points vs Kuhn’s 70. The Kazakhstani was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Popko scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 6 double faults. Dmitry Popko lost the serve 5 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Popko put 63% of his first serves in, winning 57% (25/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 35% (9/26) on the 2nd serve. Dmitry broke Kuhn 7 times after converting 64% of his break points (7/11).
The Kazakhstani’s best result of the season was getting to the semi-finals in the Bangkok Challenger and the Prague II Challenger.
Dmitry has a 16-14 win-loss record in 2020, 9-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Barcelona Challenger
The Kazakhstani didn’t compete in the Barcelona Challenger in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bagnis | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 22 |
| Pts | 79-66 | 72-70 |
| Total Points | 145 | 142 |
| Winners | 31 | 25 |
| %Winners | 39% | 35% |
Both Bagnis and Popko played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Bagnis and Popko have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Bagnis played 1 game more than Popko. The Argentine scored 31 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Kazakhstani struck 25 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bagnis | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 1 |
| 1st in | 38/68 | 44/70 |
| %1st in | 56% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 31/38 | 25/44 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 57% |
| 2nd pts | 13/30 | 9/26 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 35% |
Bagnis blasted 1 ace . Popko also managed to score 1 ace . Bagnis won 82% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Popko won 57% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 35% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bagnis | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 7 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 7/11 |
| % Converted | 44% | 64% |
| Conceded | 4 | 11 |
| Saved | 1 | 6 |
| % Saved | 25% | 55% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 |
The Argentine broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Argentine dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded. Dmitry broke his opponent 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. Popko conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bagnis | |||
| R1 Domingues |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 79-66 | 79-66 | |
| Total points | 145 | 145 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 38/68 | 38/68 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 31/38 | 31/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/30 | 13/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Popko | |||
| R1 Kuhn |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 72-70 | 72-70 | |
| Total points | 142 | 142 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 44/70 | 44/70 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 25/44 | 25/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 57% | 57% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/26 | 9/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 35% | 35% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/11 | 7/11 | |
| Converted % | 64% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 6/11 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 55% | 55% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
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