Inexorable Popko motors past Quiroz in the 2nd round of the the Sao Paulo Challenger – SAO PAULO CHALLENGER RESULTS

SAO PAULO CHALLENGER DRAW AND RESULTS. Popko powers past Quiroz to come up against Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves in the quarter

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Roberto Quiroz

Dmitry Popko motors past Roberto Quiroz 6-1 6-1 in the 2nd round in the Sao Paulo Challenger on Wednesday after playing a great match to face off with Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves in the quarter.

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1st Set -
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Popko had a racing start in this set after breaking Quiroz in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. The Kazakhstani extended his lead after breaking Quiroz in the 3rd (3-0) and in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.

An important stage of this set was when the Kazakhstani won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to bring the score from 0-0 to 4-0.

Popko converted 37% of his break points (3/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 2nd (2-0 30-40), the 5th (4-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40). On the other side, Popko didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 49 points. Popko was the one to win the set after conquering 13 points more than Quiroz (31-18). Dmitry was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (12-3). On the losing side, the Ecuadorian conceded 19 points on serve (15-19).

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The Kazakhstani won the set after he broke Roberto in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game.

The Kazakhstani missed the chance to break Quiroz in the 2nd game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Roberto was completely knocked out in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-1 to 6-1.

The Kazakhstani converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 40-A). On the other side, Popko didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 44 points. The Kazakhstani won 16 more points than Quiroz (30-14). Popko was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (16-2). On the other side, Quiroz conceded 14 points on serve (12-14).

Popko will add to his prize money $ 600 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 1,460 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Kazakhstani will add $ 1,050 to his earnings to get in total $ 2,510 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Popko
Quiroz
Dmitry Popko
6-1 6-1
1h:04
Roberto Quiroz
61
61
Total points
32
32
19
19
Winners
16
16
31%
31%
Ratio Winners
50%
50%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
0
0
1
1
Double Faults
4
4
61%
61%
1st in
65%
65%
95%
95%
1st won
41%
41%
19/20
19/20
1st won
16/39
16/39
69%
69%
2nd won
52%
52%
9/13
9/13
2nd won
11/21
11/21
-- Break Points --
5/15
5/15
Total
0/0
0/0
33%
33%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, the Kazakhstani scored 61 points vs. the Ecuadorian’s 32.

Popko served very well to win 95% of the points (19/20) behind his first serve, and he won 69% points (9/13) on his second serve. The Kazakhstani won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points after he converted only 33% (5/15) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, the Ecuadorian wasn’t able to conquer any break point. However, The Kazakhstani was just to good and Quiroz had no opportunity to win this match.

After this match, the head to head between Popko and Quiroz is 3-0 for Dmitry.

Draw and next match H2H: Dmitry Popko vs. Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves – stats

Popko will play Meligeni Rodrigues Alves in the quarter.

This will be the 2nd time that Dmitry Popko and Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Popko (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

Dmitry Popko Draw info

 

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