Dmitry Popko and Zizou Bergs will square off in the semifinal of the Almaty 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday 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 Zizou Bergs who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Zizou Bergs is the pick to win this match.
Zizou Bergs -> 1.73
Dmitry Popko -> 2.11
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Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Zizou Bergs
There is no head to head record between Dmitry Popko and Zizou Bergs since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Dmitry Popko
Ranked no. 195, Popko got to the semifinal after defeating Vladyslav Orlov 6-2 6-3, Filip Cristian Jianu 7-5 6-3 and Andrej Martin 7-5 6-3.
In the quarter, Popko had a good straight sets win against Martin (7-5 6-3). During the match, Popko scored 77 points vs Martin’s 59. Popko was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Popko scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Dmitry Popko lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Popko put 55% of his first serves in, winning 64% (23/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (19/30) on the 2nd serve. Dmitry broke Martin 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Popko started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 57% of the points he played.
Popko has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 64% of his matches (341-188). 6-8 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Popko has a compiled200-95 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
Popko has a compiled 10-15 win-loss record in 2021, 6-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Almaty 1 Challenger
The Kazakhstani has never competed in this tournament before.
Zizou Bergs
Ranked no. 259, the Belgian reached the semifinal after defeating Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera 2-6 7-69 6-3, Joao Menezes 6-3 6-4 and Kimmer Coppejans 6-3 2-6 6-4.
In the quarter, Bergs defeated Coppejans (6-3 2-6 6-4). During the match Bergs scored 83 points vs Coppejans’s 82. The Belgian was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Bergs scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 6 double faults. Zizou Bergs lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Bergs put 64% of his first serves in, winning 65% (32/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. Zizou broke Coppejans 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Bergs started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 50% of the points he played.
The Belgian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the St. Petersburg 1 Challenger and the Lille Challenger.
Zizou has an aggregate 26-9 win-loss record in 2021, 7-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Popko | Bergs |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 59 | 76 |
| Pts | 217-165 | 237-234 |
| Total Points | 382 | 471 |
| Winners | 65 | 104 |
| %Winners | 30% | 44% |
Both Popko and Bergs played 3 matches. At the moment, Zizou Bergs lost 2 sets while Dmitry Popko hasn’t lost a set so far. Popko has played 2 set(s) less than Bergs (6 vs 8). Therefore, Popko played 17 games less than Bergs. Dmitry scored 65 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, Bergs scored 104 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Popko | Bergs |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 5 |
| 1st in | 95/187 | 148/227 |
| %1st in | 51% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 65/95 | 104/148 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 54/92 | 41/79 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 52% |
Popko bagged 6 aces (2 per match). Bergs bagged 15 aces (5 per match). Popko won 68% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Bergs won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Popko | Bergs |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 14 | 10 |
| Converted | 14/29 | 10/22 |
| % Converted | 48% | 45% |
| Conceded | 16 | 18 |
| Saved | 10 | 11 |
| % Saved | 63% | 61% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 7 |
Dmitry broke his opponents 14 times with a 48% conversion rate. Dmitry lost his serve 6 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Zizou broke his opponents 10 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Belgian conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 61% of the break points that he conceded.
| Popko | |||||
| R1 Orlov |
R2 Cristian |
1/4 Martin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 7-5 6-3 | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 21 | 21 | 59 | |
| pts | 65-46 | 75-60 | 77-59 | 217-165 | |
| Total points | 111 | 135 | 136 | 382 | |
| Winners | 19 | 23 | 23 | 65 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 31% | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 29/57 | 30/64 | 36/66 | 95/187 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 47% | 55% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 19/29 | 23/30 | 23/36 | 65/95 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 77% | 64% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/28 | 21/34 | 19/30 | 54/92 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 62% | 63% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 5 | 14 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 3/10 | 5/8 | 14/29 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 30% | 63% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 3 | 4 | 16 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 2/3 | 2/4 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | 50% | 61% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| Bergs | |||||
| R1 Tomas Barrios Vera |
R2 Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes |
1/4 Coppejans |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 7-69 6-3 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-3 2-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 19 | 27 | 76 | |
| pts | 93-98 | 61-54 | 83-82 | 237-234 | |
| Total points | 191 | 115 | 165 | 471 | |
| Winners | 43 | 29 | 32 | 104 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 48% | 39% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 8 | 1 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 60/91 | 39/59 | 49/77 | 148/227 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | 64% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 43/60 | 29/39 | 32/49 | 104/148 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 74% | 65% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/31 | 13/20 | 14/28 | 41/79 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 65% | 50% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 2/4 | 5/11 | 10/22 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 50% | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 2 | 8 | 18 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 2/2 | 4/8 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 100% | 50% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWWLWWW Tennis Scores in Almaty 1 Challenger
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (7-61 6-3) – See score progression
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Andrej MartinMartin (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Timofey SkatovSkatov – Evan FurnessFurness (4-6 7-68 6-4) – See score progression
- Zizou BergsBergs – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (6-3 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Zizou BergsBergs (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Timofey SkatovSkatov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
