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.

Almaty 1 Challenger
Popko's Record

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).

Almaty 1 Challenger
Bergs's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

D.Popko
Z.Bergs
5h:02
5h:02
Time on court​
5h:59
5h:59
1h:43
1h:43
Last match​
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2h:06
2h:06
3
3
Match played
3
3
59
59
Games Played​
76
76
6
6
Set played​​
8
8
217
217
Total points​
237
237
72.3
72.3
Avg point​
79
79
65
65
Winners
104
104
21.7
21.7
Avg Winners​
34.7
34.7
30%
30%
Ratio winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
15
15
2
2
Avg Aces
5
5
8
8
Double Faults
9
9
2.7
2.7
Avg Double Faults
3
3
65/95
65/95
1st won total​
104/148
104/148
68%
68%
1st won %
70%
70%
54/92
54/92
2nd won total​
41/79
41/79
59%
59%
2nd won %
52%
52%
-- Break Points --
14/29
14/29
BP won
10/22
10/22
4.7/9.7
4.7/9.7
Avg BP won
3.3/7.3
3.3/7.3
48%
48%
Won
45%
45%
16
16
Conceded
18
18
5.3
5.3
Avg Conceded
6
6
6
6
Broken
7
7
2
2
Avg Broken
2.3
2.3
10
10
Saved
11
11
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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

Tennis Scores in Almaty 1 Challenger

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