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PREDICTION, PREVIEW, H2H: Safiullin, Popko, Yevseyev and Zhukayev to play on CENTER COURT on Saturday – Nur-Sultan Challenger

NUR-SULTAN CHALLENGER ORDER OF PLAY and PREVIEW. Roman Safiullin, Dmitry Popko, Denis Yevseyev and Beibit Zhukayev will play on Saturday

Mark Hall

23 July 2022

Roman Safiullin-Dmitry Popko-Denis Yevseyev-Beibit Zhukayev Stats info

ORDER OF PLAY and PREVIEW. Roman Safiullin, Dmitry Popko, Denis Yevseyev and Beibit Zhukayev are the semifinalists that are going to play on Saturday at the Nur-Sultan Challenger on CENTER COURT.

[SEE DRAW and ORDER OF PLAY]

Roman Safiullin vs. Dmitry Popko

Head to head 2-1 for Popko

Roman Safiullin will compete against Dmitry Popko in the semifinal for the 4^th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 11:30 am on CENTER COURT.

Roman Safiullin: ranking and results

Ranked no. 151, Safiullin got to the semifinal after defeating Seong Chan Hong 6-2 3-6 6-3, Alafia Ayeni 6-2 6-4 and Benjamin Lock 6-2 6-3.

The Russian has a 23-13 win-loss record in 2022, 7-4 on hard (See FULL STATS). Safiullin’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Marseille,the Pau Challenger and the Troisdorf Challenger.

Last year in the Sultan Challenger Roman didn’t compete in the Sultan Challenger in 2021.

Dmitry Popko: ranking and results

Ranked no. 189, Dmitry reached the semifinal after defeating Jose Statham 6-3 6-4, Yanki Erel 7-6⁶ 6-4 and Evgeny Donskoy 7-5 6-4.

Popko has a 12-19 win-loss record in 2022, 8-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Sultan Challenger Popko didn’t compete in the Sultan Challenger in 2021.

Head to head analysis

This will be the 4^th time that Roman Safiullin and Dmitry Popko play each other. Their actual head to head record is 2-1 for Popko (see full H2H stats), but Safiullin leads 1-0 on hard.

Before, the last time they competed against each other, Popko won 6-3 1-6 6-3 in the 1^st round in the Ostrava Challenger back in 2020.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Roman Safiullin who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Roman Safiullin is the pick to win this match.
Roman Safiullin -> 1.174
Dmitry Popko -> 5

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Denis Yevseyev vs. Beibit Zhukayev

Head to head 2-1 for Yevseyev

Denis Yevseyev will compete against Beibit Zhukayev in the semifinal for the 4^th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 2:00 pm on CENTER COURT.

Denis Yevseyev: ranking and results

Ranked no. 341, the Kazakhstani got to the semifinal after defeating Alibek Kachmazov 6-3 3-6 6-4, Evgeny Karlovskiy 3-6 6-2 6-4 and Gabriel Decamps 6-4 2-6 6-4.

Yevseyev has a 27-17 win-loss record in 2022, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS). The Kazakhstani’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Vilnius.

Last year in the Sultan Challenger Denis lost in the 1^st round 4-6 6-0 6-3 to Jesper De Jong.

Beibit Zhukayev: ranking and results

Ranked no. 507, Zhukayev reached the semifinal after beating Shintaro Imai 7-6³ 6-1, Daniel Cukierman 6-4 5-7 7-6⁴ and Denis Istomin 6-7⁵ 7-6¹⁰ 7-6⁵.

Beibit has a 27-15 win-loss record in 2022, 20-10 on hard (See FULL STATS). Zhukayev’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Sultan.

Last year in the Sultan Challenger Beibit capitulated in the 2^nd round 6-2 7-5 to Andrey Kuznetsov.

Head to head analysis

This will be the 4^th time that Denis Yevseyev and Beibit Zhukayev face off. Their actual head to head record is 2-1 for Yevseyev (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time they fought against each other, Zhukayev won 6-3 7-6(9) in the 1^st round in the 1100188248 back in July 2022.