Blaz Rola and Dmitry Popko will face off in the qualifications of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 2:00 pm on COURT 3. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Blaz Rola who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Blaz Rola is the pick to win this match.
Blaz Rola -> 1.61
Dmitry Popko -> 2.32
Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).
To be able to watch live streaming bet365, a funded account is required or you need to have placed a bet in the last 24 hours. 18+ BeGambleAware.
Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).
At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.
Â
Prediction and head to head Blaz Rola vs. Dmitry Popko
This will be the 2nd time that Blaz Rola and Dmitry Popko fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Rola (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Rola won 6-4 6-4 in the 3rd round in the Knoxville Challenger back in 2019.
Blaz Rola
Ranked no. 163, the Slovenian will start his run in Dubai after he played his last match in Doha where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Gasquet in the 1st round on the 8th of March.
The Slovenian has a 4-7 win-loss record in 2021, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Rola has an overall 393-260 record. He has a positive 84-75 record on hard.
Previously in Dubai
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2020. See his history.
Dmitry Popko
Ranked no. 184, Popko will start his run in Dubai after he played his last match in the St. Petersburg 2 Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Lehecka in the quarter on the 12th of March.
The Kazakhstani has a 5-6 win-loss record in 2021, 0-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on hard.
In terms of his career, The Kazakhstani has an overall 336-179 record. He has a positive 120-67 record on hard.
Previously in Dubai
Dmitry has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
LLLLWLWWLW Upcoming matches in the draw
- Omar AlawadhiAlawadhi – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Viktor TroickiTroicki – Marc PolmansPolmans (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Maxime JanvierJanvier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Lukas LackoLacko (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Yuki BhambriBhambri – Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Blaz RolaRola (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Cem IlkelIlkel (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Abdulrahman Al JanahiAl Janahi – Thomas FabbianoFabbiano (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Teimuraz GabashviliGabashvili (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
