Match Info

BWF WORLD TOUR - MEN: French Open - 1/16-finals

Date: 21 October 2026, Wednesday 🏁 Finished

Location: Arena Grand Paris (Tremblay-en-France) 🌤️ ...


	Arnaud Merkle		Christo Popov

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Arnaud Merkle
20.3%

Christo Popov
79.7%

Initial Probability (when we started the analysis)

22.3%

77.7%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

Arnaud Merkle has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-2%)

Christo Popov has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+2%)

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Merkle is ranked BWF: 54., and Popov is ranked BWF: 3..

Performances by Popov have been somewhat unpredictable lately (last 5 matches: 2 wins).

Popov may face physical fatigue compared to their opponent, having played more matches in recent days.

In this matchup, Popov is considered the favorite to take the win.

In the last 1 head-to-head meeting, Merkle has recorded 0 wins, 0 draws, and 1 loss, with a goal aggregate of 0:2.

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- Arnaud Merkle
Badminton
13.10.26	Arnaud Merkle - Kidambi Srikanth	0:2 ✺
07.10.26	Tien Chen Chou - Arnaud Merkle	2:1 ✺
11.04.26	Anders Antonsen - Arnaud Merkle	2:0 ✺
10.04.26	Alex Lanier - Arnaud Merkle	1:2 ✺
09.04.26	Arnaud Merkle - Harry Huang	2:1 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 16.7 LLLWW
- Christo Popov
Badminton
17.10.26	Anders Antonsen - Christo Popov	2:1 ✺
16.10.26	Yudai Okimoto - Christo Popov	Popov C. win ✺
15.10.26	Panitchaphon Teeraratsakul - Christo Popov	1:2 ✺
14.10.26	Hong Yang Weng - Christo Popov	1:2 ✺
09.10.26	Zii Jia Lee - Christo Popov	2:0 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 2.6 L?WWL

Badminton
02.11.23	Arnaud Merkle - Christo Popov	0:2

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- Arnaud Merkle
Badminton
30.10.26	Arnaud Merkle - Toma Junior Popov	✺

Arnaud Merkle - Christo Popov