John Millman and Dmitry Popko will play each other in the 1st round of the Astana Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 2:30 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 John Millman who should win in 3 sets.
John Millman -> 1.65
Dmitry Popko -> 2.3
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Prediction and head to head John Millman vs. Dmitry Popko
There is no head to head record between John Millman and Dmitry Popko since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
John Millman
Ranked no. 48, the Australian will start his run in Nur-Sultan after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 7-6(6) 7-6(2) 6-1 to Laaksonen in the 1st round on the 30th of August.
John has an aggregate 14-20 win-loss record in 2021, 0-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Millman has an overall 414-280 record. He has a positive 29-28 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in Nur-Sultan
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2020. See his history.
Dmitry Popko
Ranked no. 188, the Kazakhstani got to the 1st round after defeating Simon Anthony Ivanov 6-2 6-3 and Matthew Ebden 3-6 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications against Ebden, Dmitry recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Popko scored 87 points vs Ebden’s 86. The Kazakhstani was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Popko struck 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Dmitry Popko lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Popko put 49% of his first serves in, winning 83% (34/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (21/42) on the 2nd serve. Popko broke Ebden 3 times after converting 20% of his break points (3/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Dmitry started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Popko’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Prague 2 Challenger.
Popko has an aggregate 27-27 win-loss record in 2021, 6-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Nur-Sultan
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2020. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Nur
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Jiri VeselyVesely (6-3 7-66) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Timofey SkatovSkatov – Andreas SeppiSeppi (7-63 4-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Laslo DjereDjere – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (6-4 3-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – James DuckworthDuckworth (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Benoit PairePaire – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – John MillmanMillman (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elias YmerYmer – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Richard BerankisBerankis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Alexander BublikBublik (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Benjamin BonziBonzi (0-1) – H2H and prediction