ATP Challenger Tour · Round of 16 · Samarkand
Final score
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Nagal
🧱 The Wall
Popko
🛡️ The Spoiler
Matchup analysis
The 🧱 The Wall archetype wins about 53% vs 🛡️ The Spoiler across 1,086 matches in our dataset. That is a small stylistic lean for Sumit Nagal here.
The Wall players often use elite returner and low unforced errors to pressure the the spoiler's strong court coverage. On Clay, that can swing with conditions.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Nagal | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 4–9 | 0–3 |
| Avg odds | 3.33 | 2.35 |
| ROI % | +18.5% | -100.0% |
| Units P/L | +2.41u | -3.00u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Prior meetings and scores · 1 career meeting
1
Nagal
0
Popko
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 2 shared opponents, both Nagal and Popko posted a 50% win rate.
| Opponent | Nagal | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Marco Cecchinato | W 62 64 | W 64 62 |
| Timofey Skatov | L 26 46 | L 26 57 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Nagal | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 69.2% | 56.7% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 64.5% | 62.8% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 50.2% | 46.2% |
| Aces / Match | 1.9 | 4.1 |
| Double Faults / Match | 2.8 | 2.7 |
| Break Points Saved % | 56.9% | 53.4% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 35.7% | 41.8% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 49.7% | 47.8% |
| BP Converted % | 51.3% | 52.4% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 19.5 | 0 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 27 | 0 |
| Net Pts Won % | 52.3% | 0% |
| Total Pts Won % | 50.5% | 50.2% |
| Surface (Clay) | ||
| Clay Win % | 20% | 0% |
Last five matches per player
Matchup overview
Sumit Nagal and Dmitry Popko face off in the Round of 16 at Samarkand on Clay.
Sumit Nagal leads 1-0 over 1 previous meeting.
Sumit Nagal is 3-2 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: W vs Duje Ajdukovic (Jun 25).
Dmitry Popko is 3-2 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Alvaro Lopez San Martin (Jun 19).
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