TENNIS SCORES. Popko ousts Haerteis in the quarter of the the L’Aquila Challenger

Dmitry Popko aces Johannes Haerteis 7-6⁸ 6-2 in the quarter in L’Aquila Challenger on Saturday. Popko will square off with Andrej Martin in the semifinal.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Dmitry clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 3^rd (1-2) game, Dmitry broke back in the 6^th (3-3) game before winning the set at the following tiebreak at 8.

2^nd set.

Popko conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Haerteis in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Dmitry managed to strengthen his lead after breaking Johannes in the 3^rd (3-0) game before winning the set (6-2).

A crucial moment of the match was when Popko won 4 consecutive games in the 2^nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Kazakhstani scored 77 points vs. Johannes’s 58 points.

The Kazakhstani served exceptionally well to win 84% of the points (37/44) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (8/16) on his second serve. The Kazakhstani was effective when converting 60% of the break points that he procured (3/5). On the other side, Johannes had a tough time in converting his break points since he converted only 33% of his break points (1/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

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

Next Match: Dmitry Popko vs. Andrej Martin – stats

Popko will square off with Martin in the semifinal.

There is no head to head record between Dmitry Popko and Andrej Martin since this will be the first time that they will play each other at pro level.

The last time that they played, Martin won 5-7 6-4 6-4 in the final in Shymkent Challenger back in May 2019.

Tennis Scores in L’Aquila Challenger

• Andrej MartinMartin – Guilherme ClezarClezar (3-6 7-6² 6-4) – See score progression
• Carlos TabernerTaberner – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Dmitry PopkoPopko – Johannes HaerteisHaerteis (7-6⁸ 6-2) – See score progression
• Andrea CollariniCollarini – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (2-6 6-2 7-6⁶) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Andrej MartinMartin – Dmitry PopkoPopko (0-0) – See H2H details
• Andrea CollariniCollarini – Carlos TabernerTaberner (0-0) – See H2H details