TENNIS SCORES. Mikael Ymer aces Popko in the quarter of the the Cassis Challenger

CASSIS CHALLENGER. Ymer beats Popko to face Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the semifinal

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Mikael Ymer vs. Dmitry Popko

Mikael Ymer victorious over Dmitry Popko 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in Cassis Challenger on Friday. Ymer is going to play against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the semifinal.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Mikael won the set after he broke the Kazakhstani in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (4-3) game. Dmitry tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. Nonetheless, Mikael kept the situation under control before winning the set 6-4.

Mikael was unable to break Popko in the 5th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

2nd set.

Popko didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Ymer in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, Mikael refused to bow to come back to break Dmitry in the 5th (2-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Ymer scored 76 points vs. the Kazakhstani’s 62 points.

The Swede won this match even if he was struggling in finding the solution in converting his break points as he converted only 31% (4/13). On the other side, Dmitry was far from perfect in converting his break points because he converted only 33% of his break points (2/6). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Ymer and Popko is 1-0.

Next Match: Mikael Ymer vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga – stats

Ymer will take on Tsonga in the semifinal.

There is no head to head record between Mikael Ymer and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other at pro level.

Tennis Scores in Cassis Challenger

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