Nino Serdarusic and Dmitry Popko will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Perugia Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on GRAND STAND. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nino Serdarusic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nino Serdarusic is the pick to win this match.
Nino Serdarusic -> 1.49
Dmitry Popko -> 2.49
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Prediction and head to head Nino Serdarusic vs. Dmitry Popko
This will be the 4th time that Nino Serdarusic and Dmitry Popko play each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Popko (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Popko won 6-4 6-3 in the 1st round in the Almaty 2 Challenger back in 2021.
Nino Serdarusic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-15 | 1-2 | 14-12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-33 | 0-4 | 26-23 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-34 | 6-6 | 17-20 | 4-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-33 | 0-0 | 23-25 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-14 | 3-2 | 6-5 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 295, Nino reached the qualifications after defeating Gonzalo Villanueva 4-6 7-5 6-3.
In the qualifications against Villanueva, The Croatian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 6-3). During the match, Serdarusic scored 97 points vs Villanueva’s 81. Nino was very aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about the service games, Serdarusic managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Nino Serdarusic was very effective on serve to win 82% (45/55) of his 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Nino broke Villanueva 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Serdarusic has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 55% of his matches (322-264). 16-11 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Serdarusic has a composed274-184 record in the last 9 years on clay.
Nino’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Szekesfehervar Challenger.
The Croatian has a compiled 16-17 win-loss record in 2023, 16-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Perugia Challenger
Dmitry Popko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 55-17 | 5-0 | 50-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-20 | 1-1 | 38-18 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-30 | 11-11 | 7-18 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-34 | 0-4 | 27-19 | 7-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 28-23 | 13-8 | 15-10 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 360, Popko got to the qualifications after defeating Arthur Weber 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, Popko had a good straight sets win against Weber (6-3 6-2). During the match Popko scored 66 points vs Weber’s 46. Dmitry was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
About the serving games, Popko fired 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Dmitry Popko was quite efficient on serve to win 79% (22/28) of his 1st serve and 71% (17/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Popko broke Weber 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Popko’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Pensacola.
Dmitry has a compiled 17-8 win-loss record in 2023, 17-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Serdarusic | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 17 |
| Pts | 97-81 | 66-46 |
| Total Points | 178 | 112 |
| Winners | 45 | 22 |
| %Winners | 46% | 33% |
Both Serdarusic and Popko played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Nino Serdarusic surrendered 1 set while Dmitry Popko hasn’t conceded a set so far. Serdarusic has played 1 set more than Popko (3 vs 2). Therefore, Serdarusic played 14 games more than Popko. The Croatian scored 45 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Kazakhstani scored 22 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Serdarusic | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 5 |
| 1st in | 55/82 | 28/52 |
| %1st in | 67% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 45/55 | 22/28 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 15/27 | 17/24 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 71% |
Serdarusic blasted 7 aces . Popko struck 5 aces . Serdarusic won 82% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Popko won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 71% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Serdarusic | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/11 |
| % Converted | 38% | 27% |
| Conceded | 2 | 1 |
| Saved | 0 | 1 |
| % Saved | 0% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Serdarusic broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Croatian dropped his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The Kazakhstani broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. Dmitry was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Serdarusic | |||
| Q1 Villanueva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 97-81 | 97-81 | |
| Total points | 178 | 178 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 55/82 | 55/82 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 45/55 | 45/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/27 | 15/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Popko | |||
| Q1 Weber |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 66-46 | 66-46 | |
| Total points | 112 | 112 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 28/52 | 28/52 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 22/28 | 22/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/24 | 17/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 3/11 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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