Andrej Martin and Dmitry Popko will clash against each other in the quarter of the Almaty 1 Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Andrej Martin who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Andrej Martin is the pick to win this match.
Andrej Martin -> 1.4
Dmitry Popko -> 2.95
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Prediction and head to head Andrej Martin vs. Dmitry Popko
This will be the 3rd time that Andrej Martin and Dmitry Popko play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Martin (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Martin won 6-3 6-0 in the semifinal in the L’Aquila Challenger back in 2019.
Andrej Martin
Ranked no. 108, Andrej reached the quarter after beating Beibit Zhukayev 6-2 6-1 and Brayden Schnur 6-2 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Martin had a good straight sets win against Schnur (6-2 6-2). During the match, Martin scored 58 points vs Schnur’s 37. The Slovakian was very aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Martin blasted 3 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Andrej Martin lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Martin put 52% of his first serves in, winning 84% (21/25) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (11/23) on the 2nd serve. Andrej broke Schnur 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Andrej started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to conquer 62% of the points he played.
Martin has a positive record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (352-257). 17-13 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Martin has an overall 303-185 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Martin’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Concepcion Challenger and Belgrade.
The Slovakian has a compiled 17-16 win-loss record in 2021, 17-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Almaty 1 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2019. See his history.
Dmitry Popko
Ranked no. 195, Popko got to the quarter after defeating Vladyslav Orlov 6-2 6-3 and Filip Cristian Jianu 7-5 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Popko had a good straight sets win against Cristian Jianu (7-5 6-3). During the match Popko scored 75 points vs Cristian Jianu’s 60. The Kazakhstani was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, Popko struck 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Dmitry Popko was extremely efficient on serve to win 77% (23/30) of his 1st serve and 62% (21/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Dmitry broke Cristian Jianu 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Popko started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Popko has a composed 9-15 win-loss record in 2021, 5-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Martin | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 38 |
| Pts | 117-71 | 140-106 |
| Total Points | 188 | 246 |
| Winners | 38 | 42 |
| %Winners | 32% | 30% |
Both Martin and Popko played 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Martin and Popko have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Martin played 7 games less than Popko. The Slovakian scored 38 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, The Kazakhstani scored 42 winners (30%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Martin | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 46/83 | 59/121 |
| %1st in | 55% | 49% |
| 1st pts | 38/46 | 42/59 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 20/37 | 35/62 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 56% |
Martin recorded 5 aces (2.5 per match). Popko made 5 aces (2.5 per match). Martin won 83% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Popko won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Martin | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 9 |
| Converted | 11/19 | 9/21 |
| % Converted | 58% | 43% |
| Conceded | 5 | 12 |
| Saved | 3 | 8 |
| % Saved | 60% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Andrej broke his opponents 11 times with a 58% conversion rate. Andrej surrendered his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Dmitry broke his opponents 9 times with a 43% conversion rate. Popko conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Martin | ||||
| R1 Zhukayev |
R2 Schnur |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 16 | 31 | |
| pts | 59-34 | 58-37 | 117-71 | |
| Total points | 93 | 95 | 188 | |
| Winners | 17 | 21 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 36% | 32% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 21/35 | 25/48 | 46/83 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 52% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 17/21 | 21/25 | 38/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 84% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/14 | 11/23 | 20/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 48% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 5/9 | 11/19 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 56% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 2/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 67% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Popko | ||||
| R1 Orlov |
R2 Cristian |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 21 | 38 | |
| pts | 65-46 | 75-60 | 140-106 | |
| Total points | 111 | 135 | 246 | |
| Winners | 19 | 23 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 31% | 30% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 29/57 | 30/64 | 59/121 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 47% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 19/29 | 23/30 | 42/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 77% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/28 | 21/34 | 35/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 62% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 3/10 | 9/21 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 30% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 3 | 12 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 2/3 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
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