Alexei Popyrin and Denis Istomin will square off in the qualifications of the Astana Open for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 12:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexei Popyrin who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexei Popyrin is the pick to win this match.
Alexei Popyrin -> 1.43
Denis Istomin -> 2.83
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Prediction and head to head Alexei Popyrin vs. Denis Istomin
This will be the 3rd time that Alexei Popyrin and Denis Istomin play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Popyrin and Istomin (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, Istomin won 6-4 6-0 in the qualifications in Dubai back in 2017.
Alexei Popyrin
Ranked no. 109, Popyrin will start his run in Nur-Sultan after he played his last match in Cologne where he lost 6-2 6-2 to Mannarino in the 1st round the 19th of October.
Popyrin has a 11-14 win-loss record in 2020, 3-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Alexei’s best result of the current year was getting to the semi-finals in the Parma Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Popyrin has an overall 158-108 record. He has positive 20-18 record on indoor hard courts.
Last year in Nur-Sultan
Popyrin didn’t play in Nur-Sultan in 2019.
Denis Istomin
Ranked no. 177, Denis will start his run in Nur-Sultan after he played his last match in the Istanbul Challenger where he lost 2-2 ret. to Jung in the 1st round the 19th of October.
Denis has a 12-14 win-loss record in 2020, 5-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Denis’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Columbus Challenger.
In terms of his career, Istomin has an overall 548-444 record. He has negative 96-100 record on indoor hard courts.
Last year in Nur-Sultan
Istomin lost in the 3rd round to Ruben Bemelmans.
Head 2 Head
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