Dmitry Popko and Andrea Arnaboldi will face off in the 2nd round of the Tampere Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dmitry Popko who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dmitry Popko is the pick to win this match.
Dmitry Popko -> 1.56
Andrea Arnaboldi -> 2.43
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Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Andrea Arnaboldi
There is no head to head record between Dmitry Popko and Andrea Arnaboldi since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Dmitry Popko
Ranked no. 187, the Kazakhstani reached the 2nd round after beating Orlando Luz 7-65 7-5.
In the 1st round, Dmitry had a good straight sets win against Luz (7-65 7-5). During the match, Popko scored 85 points vs Luz’s 76. Dmitry was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Popko bagged 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Dmitry Popko was very efficient on serve to win 73% (36/49) of his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Dmitry broke Luz 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Popko has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 64% of his matches (344-193). 9-12 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Popko has an aggregate203-99 record in the last 9 years on clay.
Dmitry’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Almaty 1 Challenger.
The Kazakhstani has a composed 13-20 win-loss record in 2021, 9-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tampere Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2017. See his history.
Andrea Arnaboldi
Ranked no. 292, Andrea reached the 2nd round after beating Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round, Arnaboldi had a good straight sets win against Meligeni Rodrigues Alves (6-1 6-4). During the match Arnaboldi scored 64 points vs Meligeni Rodrigues Alves’s 47. The Italian was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Arnaboldi was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Andrea Arnaboldi was very efficient on serve to win 75% (30/40) of his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Italian broke Meligeni Rodrigues Alves 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
The Italian has an overall 7-12 win-loss record in 2021, 1-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Popko | Arnaboldi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 17 |
| Pts | 85-76 | 64-47 |
| Total Points | 161 | 111 |
| Winners | 36 | 30 |
| %Winners | 42% | 47% |
Both Popko and Arnaboldi played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Popko and Arnaboldi have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Popko played 8 games more than Arnaboldi. Popko scored 36 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Arnaboldi bagged 30 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Popko | Arnaboldi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 0 |
| 1st in | 49/74 | 40/60 |
| %1st in | 66% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 36/49 | 30/40 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 12/20 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 60% |
Popko fired 6 aces . Arnaboldi didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Popko won 73% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Arnaboldi won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Popko | Arnaboldi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/12 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 33% | 50% |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 |
| Saved | 2 | 5 |
| % Saved | 40% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
Dmitry broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. Popko conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Andrea broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Andrea was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points.
| Popko | |||
| R1 Luz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 85-76 | 85-76 | |
| Total points | 161 | 161 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 49/74 | 49/74 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 36/49 | 36/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 13/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/12 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Arnaboldi | |||
| R1 Meligeni Rodrigues Alves |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 64-47 | 64-47 | |
| Total points | 111 | 111 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 40/60 | 40/60 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 30/40 | 30/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 12/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Tampere Challenger
- Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez – Joao DominguesDomingues (4-6 7-65 7-5) – See score progression
- Alexander ErlerErler – Gastao EliasElias (6-4 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Guido AndreozziAndreozzi – Mats MoraingMoraing (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Arthur CazauxCazaux (3-6 7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Pedro CachinCachin – Bogdan BobrovBobrov (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Antoine HoangHoang (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Nicolas KickerKicker – Leo BorgBorg (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Orlando LuzLuz (7-65 7-5) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Facundo MenaMena (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Goncalo OliveiraOliveira (2-6 6-1 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (4-6 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Pedja KrstinKrstin – Jc AragoneAragone (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Patrik Niklas-SalminenNiklas-Salminen (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (1-6 6-3 7-66) – See score progression
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Jonas ForejtekForejtek (6-73 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Dmitry PopkoPopko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Guido AndreozziAndreozzi – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Kyrian JacquetJacquet (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas KickerKicker – Alexandre MullerMuller (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Pedja KrstinKrstin (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez – Pedro CachinCachin (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Alexander ErlerErler (0-0) – H2H and prediction
