Dmitry Popko and Ernests Gulbis will face off in the 2nd round of the Biella 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on PALAPAJETTA COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dmitry Popko who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dmitry Popko is the pick to win this match.
Dmitry Popko -> 1..53
Ernests Gulbis -> 2.37
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Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Ernests Gulbis
There is no head to head record between Dmitry Popko and Ernests Gulbis since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Dmitry Popko
Ranked no. 170, Dmitry got to the 2nd round after beating Sebastian Korda 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Popko had a good straight sets win against Korda (6-4 6-3). During the match Popko scored 59 points vs Korda’s 54. Dmitry was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about the service games, Popko managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Dmitry Popko was pretty effective on serve to win 79% (34/43) of his 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Popko broke Korda twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Popko has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 66% of his matches (334-175). 2-1 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Popko has a 19-19 match record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
Popko has a 3-2 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Biella 2 Challenger
The Kazakhstani didn’t compete in the Biella 2 Challenger in 2020.
Ernests Gulbis
Ranked no. 187, Ernests got to the 2nd round after beating Raul Brancaccio 4-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round against Brancaccio, Ernests recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Gulbis scored 84 points vs Brancaccio’s 75. The Latvian was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Gulbis blasted 12 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Ernests Gulbis lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Gulbis put 56% of his first serves in, winning 82% (37/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (15/35) on the 2nd serve. The Latvian broke Brancaccio 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
The Latvian has a 1-3 win-loss record in 2021, 1-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Popko | Gulbis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 29 |
| Pts | 59-54 | 84-75 |
| Total Points | 113 | 159 |
| Winners | 34 | 37 |
| %Winners | 58% | 44% |
Both Popko and Gulbis played 1 match. At the moment, Ernests Gulbis dropped 1 set while Dmitry Popko hasn’t conceded a set so far. Popko has played 1 set(s) less than Gulbis (2 vs 3). Therefore, Popko played 10 games less than Gulbis. Dmitry scored 34 winners (58% of the total points). On the other side, Ernests fired 37 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Popko | Gulbis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 12 |
| 1st in | 43/65 | 45/80 |
| %1st in | 66% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 34/43 | 37/45 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 15/35 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 43% |
Popko fired 4 aces . Gulbis struck 12 aces . Popko won 79% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Gulbis won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Popko | Gulbis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/3 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 67% | 67% |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 |
| Saved | 4 | 1 |
| % Saved | 100% | 25% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
The Kazakhstani broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Popko extremely effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 4 break points. The Latvian broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Gulbis conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded.
| Popko | |||
| R1 Korda |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 59-54 | 59-54 | |
| Total points | 113 | 113 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 58% | 58% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 43/65 | 43/65 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 34/43 | 34/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 12/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Gulbis | |||
| R1 Brancaccio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 84-75 | 84-75 | |
| Total points | 159 | 159 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 45/80 | 45/80 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 37/45 | 37/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/35 | 15/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Biella 2 Challenger
- Andreas SeppiSeppi – Matteo ViolaViola (6-2 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (7-61 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Ernests GulbisGulbis – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Luca NardiNardi (5-7 7-610 7-60) – See score progression
- Lukas LackoLacko – Blaz KavcicKavcic (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Thomas FabbianoFabbiano – Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Roberto MarcoraMarcora – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (7-64 6-1) – See score progression
- Martin KlizanKlizan – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Blaz RolaRola (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Jason JungJung (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Luca NardiNardi (5-7 7-6(10) 7-6(0)) – See score progression
- Thomas FabbianoFabbiano – Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (7-6(1) 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
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- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Roberto MarcoraMarcora (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Steven DiezDiez (1-1) – H2H and prediction
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