TENNIS SCORES. Dmitry Popko dispatches Sultanov in the 2nd round of the the L’Aquila Challenger

Dmitry Popko beats Khumoun Sultanov 6-3 6-4 in the 2^nd round in L’Aquila Challenger on Tuesday. Popko will play Jurgen Zopp in the 3^rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Popko conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Sultanov in the 1^st game (1-0). Popko improved his lead after breaking Sultanov in the 9^th (6-3) game before winning the set.

2^nd set.

Dmitry won the set after he broke Khumoun in the 6^th (4-2) and in the 10^th (6-4) game. Sultanov tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9^th (5-4) game. Anyhow, Dmitry didn’t make any concession anymore before winning the set 6-4.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Kazakhstani scored 62 points vs. Khumoun’s 49 points.

The Kazakhstani was pretty good in converting 67% of the break points that he procured (4/6). On the other side, Khumoun was struggling in converting his break points as he converted only 17% of his break points (1/6). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Popko and Sultanov is 1-0.

Next Match: Dmitry Popko vs. Jurgen Zopp – stats

Popko will come up against Zopp in the 3^rd round.

There is no head to head record between Dmitry Popko and Jurgen Zopp since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other at pro level.

Tennis Scores in L’Aquila Challenger

• Facundo MenaFacundo – Scott GriekspoorScott (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Andrea CollariniAndrea – Raul BrancaccioRaul (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Andrej MartinAndrej – Gianluigi QuinziGianluigi (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Pavel KotovPavel – Andrea VavassoriAndrea (6-2 7-6⁸) – See score progression
• Thiago Seyboth WildThiago – Thomaz BellucciThomaz (7-5 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Guilherme ClezarGuilherme – Aslan KaratsevAslan (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Johannes HaerteisJohannes – Nino SerdarusicNino (7-6⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Carlos TabernerCarlos – Alejandro TabiloAlejandro (6-4 6-7⁷ 6-0) – See score progression
• Marc-Andrea HueslerMarc-Andrea – Teimuraz GabashviliTeimuraz (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Frederico Ferreira SilvaFrederico – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaCarlos (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Juan Pablo FicovichJuan – Gian Marco MoroniGian (6-4 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Peter TorebkoPeter – Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraMarcelo (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Francisco CerundoloFrancisco – Gianluca Di NicolaGianluca (5-7 7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Dmitry PopkoDmitry – Khumoun SultanovKhumoun (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Aleksandar VukicAleksandar – Gonzalo EscobarGonzalo (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Jurgen ZoppJurgen – Sasi Kumar MukundSasi (7-5 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Andrej MartinAndrej – Peter TorebkoPeter (0-0) – See H2H details
• Facundo MenaFacundo – Guilherme ClezarGuilherme (0-0) – See H2H details
• Frederico Ferreira SilvaFrederico – Andrea CollariniAndrea (0-0) – See H2H details
• Dmitry PopkoDmitry – Jurgen ZoppJurgen (0-0) – See H2H details
• Juan Pablo FicovichJuan – Johannes HaerteisJohannes (0-0) – See H2H details
• Marc-Andrea HueslerMarc-Andrea – Carlos TabernerCarlos (0-0) – See H2H details
• Pavel KotovPavel – Aleksandar VukicAleksandar (0-0) – See H2H details
• Francisco CerundoloFrancisco – Thiago Seyboth WildThiago (0-0) – See H2H details