Dmitry Popko and Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves will play each other in the quarter of the Sao Paulo Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on CENTRAL. Here 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dmitry Popko is the pick to win this match.
Dmitry Popko -> 1.37
Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves -> 3.1
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Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves
This will be the 2nd time that Dmitry Popko and Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Popko (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
Dmitry Popko
Ranked no. 172, Popko reached the quarter after defeating Carlos Gomez-Herrera 6-3 3-6 6-1 and Roberto Quiroz 6-1 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The Kazakhstani had a good straight sets win against Quiroz (6-1 6-1). During the match Popko scored 61 points vs Quiroz’s 32. Dmitry was exceptionally aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Regarding the service games, Popko fired 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Dmitry Popko was very efficent on serve to win 95% (19/20) of his 1st serve and 69% (9/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Kazakhstani broke Quiroz 5 times after converting 33% of his break points (5/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Kazakhstani has lost 1 set in this competition to win 60% of the points he played.
Popko has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 66% of his matches (329-171). 13-8 on clay in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Popko has a 192-85 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
Popko’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Bangkok Challenger and the Prague II Challenger.
The Kazakhstani has a 26-21 win-loss record in 2020, 13-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Sao Paulo Challenger
Popko didn’t play in the Sao Paulo Challenger in 2019.
Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves
Ranked no. 306, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves got to the quarter after defeating Benjamin Lock 6-4 6-1 and Mohamed Safwat 6-3 7-67.
In the 2nd round, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves had a good straight sets win against Safwat (6-3 7-67). During the match Meligeni Rodrigues Alves scored 75 points vs Safwat’s 69. Felipe was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves put 63% of his first serves in, winning 65% (32/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (18/29) on the 2nd serve. Meligeni Rodrigues Alves broke Safwat 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Felipe hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
The Brazilian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Punta Del Este Challenger.
Felipe has a 13-9 win-loss record in 2020, 13-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Popko | Meligeni Rodrigues Alves |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 39 |
| Pts | 148-98 | 134-108 |
| Total Points | 246 | 242 |
| Winners | 56 | 48 |
| %Winners | 38% | 36% |
Both Popko and Meligeni Rodrigues Alves played 2 matches. At the moment, Dmitry Popko dropped 1 set while Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves hasn’t lost a set so far. Popko has played 1 set more than Meligeni Rodrigues Alves (5 vs 4). However, it is interesting to notice that they played the same amount of games (39). Dmitry scored 56 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Brazilian managed to score 48 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Popko | Meligeni Rodrigues Alves |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 70/115 | 72/119 |
| %1st in | 61% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 56/70 | 48/72 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 26/45 | 32/47 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 68% |
Popko managed to score 5 aces (2.5 per match). Meligeni Rodrigues Alves made 4 aces (2 per match). Popko won 80% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Popko | Meligeni Rodrigues Alves |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 8 |
| Converted | 9/20 | 8/10 |
| % Converted | 45% | 80% |
| Conceded | 7 | 6 |
| Saved | 5 | 4 |
| % Saved | 71% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Popko broke his opponents 9 times with a 45% conversion rate. Dmitry surrendered his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The Brazilian broke his opponents 8 times with a 80% conversion rate. Meligeni Rodrigues Alves conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Popko | ||||
| R1 Gomez-Herrera |
R2 Quiroz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 6-1 | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 14 | 39 | |
| pts | 87-66 | 61-32 | 148-98 | |
| Total points | 153 | 93 | 246 | |
| Winners | 37 | 19 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 31% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 50/82 | 20/33 | 70/115 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 37/50 | 19/20 | 56/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 95% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/32 | 9/13 | 26/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 69% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 5/15 | 9/20 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 33% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 0/0 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | – | 36% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Meligeni Rodrigues Alves | ||||
| R1 Lock |
R2 Safwat |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | 6-3 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 22 | 39 | |
| pts | 59-39 | 75-69 | 134-108 | |
| Total points | 98 | 144 | 242 | |
| Winners | 16 | 32 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 43% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 23/41 | 49/78 | 72/119 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 63% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 16/23 | 32/49 | 48/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 65% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/18 | 18/29 | 32/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 78% | 62% | 68% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 3/4 | 8/10 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 75% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 80% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
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