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Casper Ruud#138 def. Dmitry Popko#248

7-5 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 16, 2018*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	Q2
Winner	Casper Ruud
Score	7-5 6-3
Loser	Dmitry Popko
Duration	1h 59m

Stat	Casper Ruud	Dmitry Popko
Aces	4	4
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	71	75
First serve points won %	72	60
Second serve points won %	53	60
Break points saved %	67	62
Break points converted %	38	33
Service points won %	66	60
Return points won %	40	34
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Casper Ruud	Dmitry Popko
Country	NOR	KAZ
Birth date	Dec 22, 1998	Oct 24, 1996
Age	19	21
Height	183	191
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	138	248
Ranking points (entering)	422	215
Elo (entering)	1,586	1,473
Career W-L	284–158	0–3
Career earnings	$28,881,027	$968,265

Pre-match H2H

Casper Ruud 1 – 0 Dmitry Popko

Path

Casper Ruud's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2018	Q1	Tatsuma Ito	4-6 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Casper Ruud's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2018	Q3	Ernesto Escobedo	6-2 6-7(2) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Dmitry Popko's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2018	Q1	Max Purcell	6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data