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PREDICTION, PREVIEW, H2H: Furness, Skatov, Martin and Popko to play on CENTER COURT on Friday – Almaty 1 Challenger

ALMATY 1 CHALLENGER ORDER OF PLAY and PREVIEW. Evan Furness, Timofey Skatov, Andrej Martin and Dmitry Popko will play on Friday

Mark Hall

11 June 2021

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ORDER OF PLAY and PREVIEW. Evan Furness, Timofey Skatov, Andrej Martin and Dmitry Popko are going to play on Friday at the Almaty 1 Challenger on CENTER COURT.

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Evan Furness vs. Timofey Skatov

Head to head 0-0

Evan Furness will take on Timofey Skatov in the quarter for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 10:30 am on CENTER COURT.

Evan Furness: ranking and results

Ranked no. 327 (career high), the French player got to the quarter after defeating Grigoriy Lomakin 6-3 6-1, Benjamin Hassan 6-3 3-6 6-4, Carlos Gimeno Valero 1-6 6-2 6-3 and Pedja Krstin 6-3 6-1.

Evan has a 35-10 win-loss record in 2021, 16-5 on clay (See FULL STATS). Evan’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Manacor and M25 Vale do Lobo.

Timofey Skatov: ranking and results

Ranked no. 399 (career high), Skatov reached the quarter after defeating Lorenzo Giustino 6-4 3-6 6-2 and Denis Yevseyev 1-6 6-1 6-4.

Timofey has a 15-13 win-loss record in 2021, 14-8 on clay (See FULL STATS). Timofey’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M15 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the Oeiras 4 Challenger.

Head to head analysis

There is no head to head record between Evan Furness and Timofey Skatov since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Evan Furness who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Evan Furness is the pick to win this match.
Evan Furness -> 1.53
Timofey Skatov -> 2.5

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Andrej Martin vs. Dmitry Popko

Head to head 2-0 for Martin

Andrej Martin will square off with Dmitry Popko in the quarter for the 3^rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:00 pm on CENTER COURT.

Andrej Martin: ranking and results

Ranked no. 108, Andrej got to the quarter after beating Beibit Zhukayev 6-2 6-1 and Brayden Schnur 6-2 6-2.

Andrej has a 17-16 win-loss record in 2021, 17-13 on clay (See FULL STATS). The Slovakian’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Concepcion Challenger and Belgrade.

Dmitry Popko: ranking and results

Ranked no. 195, the Kazakhstani reached the quarter after beating Vladyslav Orlov 6-2 6-3 and Filip Cristian Jianu 7-5 6-3.

Popko has a 9-15 win-loss record in 2021, 5-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Head to head analysis

This will be the 3^rd time that Andrej Martin and Dmitry Popko face off. Their actual head to head record is 2-0 for Martin (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.

The last time they played each other, Martin won 6-3 6-0 in the semifinal in the L’Aquila Challenger back in 2019.