Tennis forecast: Dmitry Popko - Wilson Leite

Dmitry Popko from Kazakhstan will play against Wilson Leite from Brazil in the 1/8 finals of the clay challenger in Buenos Aires.

Wilson LeiteThe 30-year-old representative of Brazil has been performing quite well at the tournament in Argentina since qualifying.

In the semifinals, Leyte beat his compatriot Jose Pereira in two sets – 7:5; 6:3. In the qualifying final, Wilson made a sensation and beat Spaniard Carlos Sanchez-Hover in three sets – 7:5; 6:7 (4:7); 6:3. And the day before yesterday, in the 1/16 finals, Leyte won a strong–willed victory in three sets over the modest Lautaro Midon from Argentina in the ranking - 4:6; 6:3; 6:1. In the first set, Wilson's game didn't go well and he lost the game pretty quickly on his serve. At the same time, in the middle of the game, Leite recouped, but after a couple of games, Midon made a second break in the set, and then competently served for the game. In the second set, Leite was already working on his serve without mistakes and eventually found the moment to make the coveted break. Wilson was able to make an important break with the score 4:3 in his favor, and then Leite competently served for the set and eventually equalized the match. And in the decisive game, the Brazilian began to completely dominate the court. As a result, Leite immediately made two consecutive breaks and went out to score 4-0 on games. And already at the end of the match, Wilson, with the score 5:1, made the third break and confidently closed the match in his favor. The tennis players spent two hours and fifteen minutes on the court.

Dmitry PopkoThe 25-year-old representative of Kazakhstan, in turn, started the tournament in Buenos Aires only the day before yesterday.

In the 1/16 finals, Popko played a difficult match, but at the same time Dmitry made a big sensation. In three sets, Popko defeated Santiago Fa Rodriguez, a Tavern from Argentina – 7:6 (10:8); 0:6; 7:5. At the very beginning of the match, Dmitry did not play very well and lost the game quite quickly on his serve. However, in the middle of the set, Popko was able to make two consecutive breaks and reach the score 5:3 in games in his favor. Immediately after that, a tennis player from Kazakhstan lost a game on his serve and missed the minimum advantage. As a result, it came to a tie-break, where Popko still turned out to be a little stronger. In the second set, Dmitry completely failed and lost the game three times on his serve. At the start of the decisive game, Dmitry again lost a game on his serve, it seemed that he "swam" completely, but still it turned out not to be so. Popko could not recoup for a long time, but he began to work steadily on his serve. As a result, with the score 3:5, Rodriguez-Taverna was already ready to serve for the match, he even had one match point, but Dmitry still made a break and saved the match. Then Popko kept the game on his serve, made a second break in a row. After that, Dmitry, not without difficulty, but still was able to submit to the match and make a sensation. As a result, the tennis players spent two hours and forty minutes on the court.

And yesterday Dmitry Popko managed to play a doubles match at the challenger in Argentina. In the 1/8 finals, together with Thiago Wild from Brazil, Popko lost in three sets to Argentines Thiago-Agustin Tirante and Juan Bautista Torres – 6:4; 0:6; 3:10. The tennis players spent one hour and ten minutes on the court.

ForecastIn this match, Dmitry Popko is of course considered by the bookmakers to be the undisputed favorite.

At the same time, here, due to a higher class, a tennis player from Kazakhstan is quite capable of winning a landslide victory, and therefore we suggest that you bet less than 20.5 games on the total.