Dmitry Popko and Francesco Forti will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Kyiv Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COURT 12. 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 -> 1.47
Francesco Forti -> 2.68
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Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Francesco Forti
There is no head to head record between Dmitry Popko and Francesco Forti since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Dmitry Popko
Ranked no. 193, the Kazakhstani got to the 2nd round after beating Alessandro Bega 6-4 0-6 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Kazakhstani defeated Bega (6-4 0-6 6-2).-72) than Bega. In fact, the world no. 193 won 72 points vs Bega’s. That means that Popko was more focused during the important points. The Kazakhstani was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Popko recorded 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Dmitry Popko lost the serve 6 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Popko put 50% of his first serves in, winning 62% (23/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (15/37) on the 2nd serve. The Kazakhstani broke Bega 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Popko has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 64% of his matches (355-199). 20-17 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Popko has an aggregate214-104 match record in the last 9 years on clay.
Popko’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Prague 2 Challenger.
Dmitry has an aggregate 24-26 win-loss record in 2021, 20-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kyiv Challenger
Dmitry has never competed in this tournament before.
Francesco Forti
Ranked no. 342, the Italian reached the 2nd round after defeating Ivan Gakhov 6-1 3-6 6-1.
In the 1st round, Francesco defeated Gakhov (6-1 3-6 6-1). During the match Forti scored 80 points vs Gakhov’s 61. Forti was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Forti scored 3 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Francesco Forti lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Forti put 56% of his first serves in, winning 79% (33/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (15/33) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Gakhov 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Forti’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Kiseljak and M25 Klosters.
The Italian has a compiled 41-21 win-loss record in 2021, 35-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Popko | Forti |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 24 | 23 |
| Pts | 72-75 | 80-61 |
| Total Points | 147 | 141 |
| Winners | 23 | 33 |
| %Winners | 32% | 41% |
Both Popko and Forti played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Dmitry Popko conceded 1 set, while Francesco Forti lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Popko and Forti have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Popko played 1 game more than Forti. Popko scored 23 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Forti made 33 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Popko | Forti |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 3 |
| 1st in | 37/74 | 42/75 |
| %1st in | 50% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 23/37 | 33/42 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 15/37 | 15/33 |
| %2nd pts | 41% | 45% |
Popko made 5 aces . Forti scored 3 aces . Popko won 62% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Forti won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Popko | Forti |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/10 | 5/13 |
| % Converted | 60% | 38% |
| Conceded | 10 | 6 |
| Saved | 4 | 4 |
| % Saved | 40% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 2 |
Popko broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Popko surrendered his serve 6 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Forti broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Forti conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Popko | |||
| R1 Bega |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 0-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 72-75 | 72-75 | |
| Total points | 147 | 147 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 37/74 | 37/74 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 23/37 | 23/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/37 | 15/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 4/10 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | |
| Forti | |||
| R1 Gakhov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 3-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 80-61 | 80-61 | |
| Total points | 141 | 141 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 42/75 | 42/75 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 33/42 | 33/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/33 | 15/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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