Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves stuns Dmitry Popko 2-6 6-3 6-3 in the quarter in the Sao Paulo Challenger on Friday. Meligeni Rodrigues Alves will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Pedro Sakamoto in the semifinal.
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Popko in this set didn’t concede much to Felipe and without too much struggle he won 6-2 after breaking the Brazilian in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Felipe had no answers in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-2 to 6-2.
The Kazakhstani was perfect in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (3-2 0-40 and 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). On the other side, the Kazakhstani didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 46 points. Dmitry was the one to win the set after conquering 12 more points than the Brazilian (29-17). Dmitry lost 5 points on serve (17-5). On the losing side, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves conceded 12 points on serve (12-12).
Felipe won the set after he broke Popko in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Felipe converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40), the 5th (3-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, Popko wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (1-2 30-40).
They played 62 points. Meligeni Rodrigues Alves conquered the set after winning 6 more points than Dmitry (34-28). Meligeni Rodrigues Alves lost 11 points on serve (20-11). on the other side of the court, Popko conceded 14 points on serve (17-14).
Popko had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Meligeni Rodrigues Alves in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, Felipe managed to stage a great comeback to break the Kazakhstani in the 4th (2-2) and in the 6th (4-2) game before winning the set (6-3).
A defining moment of this set was when Meligeni Rodrigues Alves won 5 consecutive games in the 3rd set to bring the game count from 0-2 to 5-2.
The Brazilian converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 30-40 and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Popko converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 2nd game (2-0 30-40).
They played 65 points. Meligeni Rodrigues Alves conquered the set after winning 11 more points than Popko (38-27). Meligeni Rodrigues Alves surrendered 11 points on serve (22-11). on the other side of the court, the Kazakhstani conceded 16 points on serve (16-16).
The Brazilian will add to his prize money $ 1,050 after winning this match. He has won already $ 2,510 so far in this competition. If he wins the next match, the Brazilian will add $ 1,730 to his earnings to get in total $ 4,240.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Brazilian scored 89 points vs. Dmitry’s 84.
Meligeni Rodrigues Alves was pretty effective at converting 57% of the break points that he procured (4/7). On the other side, Dmitry was struggling when converting his break points (only 27% – 3/11). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Meligeni Rodrigues Alves and Popko is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves vs. Pedro Sakamoto – stats
Meligeni Rodrigues Alves will compete against Sakamoto in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves and Pedro Sakamoto face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Sakamoto (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
Tennis Scores in Sao Paulo Challenger
- Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-2 3-6 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (7-5 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Joao MenezesMenezes – Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida (6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves – Dmitry PopkoPopko (2-6 6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Joao MenezesMenezes (1-0) – H2H details and stats
