Dmitry Popko and Franco Agamenone will fight against each other in the quarter of the Bendigo Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. 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 -> 1.72
Franco Agamenone -> 2.12

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Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Franco Agamenone

There is no head to head record between Dmitry Popko and Franco Agamenone since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Dmitry Popko

Ranked no. 180, the Kazakhstani reached the quarter after beating Mirza Basic 6-2 6-3 and Flavio Cobolli 6-3 7-5.

In the 3^rd round, The Kazakhstani had a good straight sets win against Cobolli (6-3 7-5). During the match, Popko scored 66 points vs Cobolli’s 49. Popko was very aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Regarding the service games, Popko made 3 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Dmitry Popko was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 84% (21/25) of his 1st serve and 72% (21/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Popko broke Cobolli 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Dmitry started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to conquer 58% of the points he played.

Popko has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (367-207). 2-0 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Popko has an aggregate 122-71 match record in the last years on hard.

Dmitry has an aggregate 2-0 win-loss record in 2022, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Bendigo Challenger

Popko has never competed in this tournament before.

Franco Agamenone

Ranked no. 201, Agamenone got to the quarter after beating Cooper Errey 6-2 7-6⁵, Renzo Olivo 6-4 6-2 and Matthias Bachinger 6-4 6-4.

In the 3^rd round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Bachinger (6-4 6-4). During the match Agamenone scored 57 points vs Bachinger’s 43. Agamenone was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about serving, Agamenone struck 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Franco Agamenone was extremely effective on serve to win 73% (22/30) of his 1st serve and 82% (14/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Italian broke Bachinger 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Franco started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to win 57% of the points he played.

Agamenone has a compiled 3-0 win-loss record in 2022, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Popko	Agamenone
Match played	2	3
Tot Set	4	6
Tot Games	38	59
Pts	129-95	212-159
Total Points	224	371
Winners	46	88
%Winners	36%	42%

Popko played 2 matches while Agamenone competed in 3 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Popko has played 2 set(s) less than Agamenone (4 vs 6). Therefore, Popko played 21 games less than Agamenone. Dmitry scored 46 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Agamenone blasted 88 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Popko	Agamenone
Aces	10	13
Avg per match	5	4.3
1st in	55/107	122/181
%1st in	51%	67%
1st pts	46/55	88/122
%1st pts	84%	72%
2nd pts	33/52	35/59
%2nd pts	63%	59%

Popko managed to score 10 aces (5 per match). Agamenone bagged 13 aces (4.3 per match). Popko won 84% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Agamenone won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Popko	Agamenone
Won	7	11
Converted	7/13	11/20
% Converted	54%	55%
Conceded	8	14
Saved	7	10
% Saved	88%	71%
Times Broken	1	4

The Kazakhstani broke his opponents 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. Dmitry surrendered his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded. Agamenone broke his opponents 11 times with a 55% conversion rate. Agamenone conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Popko
	R2 Basic	R3 Cobolli	Total
Score	6-2 6-3	6-3 7-5
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	17	21	38
pts	63-46	66-49	129-95
Total points	109	115	224
Winners	25	21	46
%Winners	40%	32%	36%
SERVE
Aces	7	3	10
Double Faults	2	0	2
1st in	30/53	25/54	55/107
% 1st in	57%	46%	51%
1st pts	25/30	21/25	46/55
% 1st pts	83%	84%	84%
2nd pts	12/23	21/29	33/52
% 2nd pts	52%	72%	63%
Breaks
Won	4	3	7
Converted	4/9	3/4	7/13
Converted %	44%	75%	54%
Conceded	6	2	8
Saved	6/6	1/2	7
Saved %	100%	50%	75%
Times Broken	0	1	1

Agamenone
	R1 Errey	R2 Olivo	R3 Bachinger	Total
Score	6-2 7-65	6-4 6-2	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	21	18	20	59
pts	82-64	73-52	57-43	212-159
Total points	146	125	100	371
Winners	33	33	22	88
%Winners	40%	45%	39%	42%
SERVE
Aces	8	2	3	13
Double Faults	4	5	1	10
1st in	50/71	42/63	30/47	122/181
% 1st in	70%	67%	64%	67%
1st pts	33/50	33/42	22/30	88/122
% 1st pts	66%	79%	73%	72%
2nd pts	12/21	9/21	14/17	35/59
% 2nd pts	57%	43%	82%	59%
Breaks
Won	4	4	3	11
Converted	4/10	4/5	3/5	11/20
Converted %	40%	80%	60%	55%
Conceded	8	5	1	14
Saved	6/8	4/5	0/1	10
Saved %	75%	80%	0%	78%
Times Broken	2	1	1	4

Tennis Scores in Bendigo Challenger

• Vit KoprivaKopriva – Facundo MenaMena (7-6¹¹ 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Jason JungJung (6-2 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Gastao EliasElias (w/o) – See score progression
• Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Matthias BachingerBachinger (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Thomas FabbianoFabbiano (7-5 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Quentin HalysHalys – Mathias BourgueBourgue (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Dmitry PopkoPopko – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Hugo GrenierGrenier – Zizou BergsBergs (6-0 5-7 7-6⁵) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Hugo GrenierGrenier (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Dmitry PopkoPopko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Quentin HalysHalys – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Vit KoprivaKopriva (0-0) – H2H and prediction