Egor Gerasimov and Alexei Popyrin will clash against each other in the qualifications of the bett1HULKS Championships for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 1:30 pm on MKG 1. 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 Alexei Popyrin who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexei Popyrin is the pick to win this match.
Alexei Popyrin -> 1.83
Egor Gerasimov -> 1.98
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Prediction and head to head Egor Gerasimov vs. Alexei Popyrin
This will be the 2nd time that Egor Gerasimov and Alexei Popyrin play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Gerasimov (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
Egor Gerasimov
Ranked no. 85, Gerasimov got to the qualifications after defeating Oscar Moraing 6-1 4-6 6-4.
In the qualifications, Gerasimov defeated Moraing (6-1 4-6 6-4). During the match Gerasimov scored 102 points vs Moraing’s 84. The Belarussian was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gerasimov made 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Egor Gerasimov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Gerasimov put 63% of his first serves in, winning 75% (38/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (14/30) on the 2nd serve. Egor broke Moraing 5 times after converting 33% of his break points (5/15).
Gerasimov has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 61% of his matches (316-200). 6-3 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gerasimov has a 119-67 win-loss record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
Egor’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Pune.
Gerasimov has a 13-12 win-loss record in 2020, 6-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Cologne
Gerasimov didn’t play in Cologne in 2019.
Alexei Popyrin
Ranked no. 108, Popyrin got to the qualifications after beating Jeff Wolf 6-3 4-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, Popyrin defeated Wolf (6-3 4-6 6-3). During the match Popyrin scored 81 points vs Wolf’s 71. Alexei was exceptionally aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about serving, Popyrin fired 10 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alexei Popyrin lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Popyrin put 65% of his first serves in, winning 79% (42/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (13/28) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Wolf 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
The Australian’s best result of the season was getting to the semi-finals in the Parma Challenger.
Popyrin has a 11-12 win-loss record in 2020, 3-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Cologne
Popyrin didn’t play in Cologne in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gerasimov | Popyrin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 28 |
| Pts | 102-84 | 81-71 |
| Total Points | 186 | 152 |
| Winners | 38 | 42 |
| %Winners | 37% | 52% |
Both Gerasimov and Popyrin played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Egor Gerasimov conceded 1 set, while Alexei Popyrin dropper 1 set. Talking about their workload, Gerasimov and Popyrin have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Gerasimov played 1 game less than Popyrin. Gerasimov scored 38 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Popyrin bagged 42 winners (52%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gerasimov | Popyrin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 10 |
| 1st in | 51/81 | 53/81 |
| %1st in | 63% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 38/51 | 42/53 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 14/30 | 13/28 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 46% |
Gerasimov scored 10 aces . Popyrin scored 10 aces . Gerasimov won 75% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Popyrin won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gerasimov | Popyrin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/15 | 4/5 |
| % Converted | 33% | 80% |
| Conceded | 7 | 5 |
| Saved | 4 | 3 |
| % Saved | 57% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
The Belarussian broke his opponent 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. Gerasimov lost his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Popyrin broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Popyrin conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gerasimov | |||
| Q1 Moraing |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 4-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 102-84 | 102-84 | |
| Total points | 186 | 186 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 51/81 | 51/81 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 38/51 | 38/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/30 | 14/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/15 | 5/15 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Popyrin | |||
| Q1 Wolf |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 81-71 | 81-71 | |
| Total points | 152 | 152 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 53/81 | 53/81 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 42/53 | 42/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/28 | 13/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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