TENNIS SCORES. Popko topples Guinard in the 1st round of the the Como Challenger

Dmitry Popko tops Manuel Guinard 6-4 6-3 in the 1^st round in Como Challenger on Tuesday. Popko will square off with Thomaz Bellucci in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The Kazakhstani won the set after he broke Manuel in the 8^th (5-3) and in the 10^th (6-4) game. Guinard tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9^th (5-4) game. Notwithstanding, the Kazakhstani refused to give way before winning the set 6-4.

The Kazakhstani failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 15.

2^nd set.

Popko started the set strong after breaking Guinard in the 2^nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, that was not enough for the Kazakhstani to win the set since Guinard managed to break back in the 3^rd (1-2) game. Dmitry kept his cool to break Guinard in the 6^th (4-2) game before managing to win the set (6-3).

Dmitry missed the chance to break Manuel in the 8^th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Dmitry scored 70 points vs. Manuel’s 63 points.

The Kazakhstani won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points because he converted only 31% (4/13). On the other side, Manuel wasn’t that great in converting his break points because he converted only 40% of his break points (2/5). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

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

Next Match: Dmitry Popko vs. Thomaz Bellucci – stats

Popko will compete against Bellucci in the 2^nd round.

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

Tennis Scores in Como Challenger

• Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Khumoun SultanovSultanov (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Sadio DoumbiaDoumbia – Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Dmitry PopkoPopko – Manuel GuinardGuinard (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Gonzalo EscobarEscobar – Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
• Fabien ReboulReboul – Daniel Gimeno-TraverGimeno-Traver (6-1 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Jelle SelsSels – Julian LenzLenz (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Francesco FortiForti (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Facundo MenaMena – Peter TorebkoTorebko (6-7⁴ 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Federico IannacconeIannaccone (7-5 6-0) – See score progression
• Johan Sebastien TatlotSebastien Tatlot – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (2-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Julian OcleppoOcleppo (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Gianluigi QuinziQuinzi – Markus ErikssonEriksson (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-2 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Alex MolcanMolcan – Sandro EhratEhrat (7-6⁷ 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Tommy RobredoRobredo – Jelle SelsSels (0-0) – See H2H details
• Thomaz BellucciBellucci – Dmitry PopkoPopko (0-0) – See H2H details
• Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi – Sebastian OfnerOfner (0-0) – See H2H details
• Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Viktor GalovicGalovic (0-0) – See H2H details
• Blaz RolaRola – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (0-0) – See H2H details
• Facundo MenaMena – Facundo BagnisBagnis (0-0) – See H2H details
• Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Andrej MartinMartin (0-0) – See H2H details
• Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (0-0) – See H2H details
• Fabien ReboulReboul – Pedro SousaSousa (0-0) – See H2H details
• Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Alex MolcanMolcan (0-0) – See H2H details