Sebastian Korda upsets Pedro Martinez Portero 6-4 6-3 6-1 in the 3rd round in Paris on Friday. Korda will clash against Rafael Nadal in the 4th round.
Live score progression and stats
Sebastian clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 5th (2-3) game, Sebastian broke back in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th () game to win the set 6-4.
Pedro was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-4 to 6-4.
Korda converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 8th (3-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, the Spaniard converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 5th (2-2 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 40-A and 40-A).
They played 69 points. The American was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than Martinez Portero (39-30). Sebastian dropped 13 points on serve (24-13). on the other side of the net, Martinez Portero conceded 15 points on serve (17-15).
Korda enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Martinez Portero in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break resulted decisive for the American to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
The American converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (1-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Korda didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 53 points. Sebastian was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than Pedro (31-22). Korda dropped 5 points on serve (20-5). On the other side, Martinez Portero conceded 11 points on serve (17-11).
Korda had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Martinez Portero in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Sebastian improved his lead after breaking Pedro in the 3rd (3-0) and in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.
Sebastian missed the chance to break the Spaniard in the 5th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
A crucial moment of this set was when Sebastian won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.
The American converted 33% of his break points (3/9). He had 9 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (2-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (4-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Spaniard was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (0-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 54 points. The American was the one to win the set after conquering 12 more points than Pedro (33-21). Sebastian conceded 6 points on serve (13-6). on the other side of the net, Pedro conceded 20 points on serve (15-20).
Sebastian will add to his prize money € 63,000 after winning this match. He has won already € 189,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Sebastian will add € 94,500 to his earnings to get in total € 283,500 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:59
At the end of the match, the American scored 103 points vs. the Spaniard’s 73.
The American served very well to win 78% of the points (45/58) behind his first serve, and he won 52% points (12/23) on his second serve. Korda won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points as he converted only 38% (6/16) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, Martinez Portero wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 17% – 1/6). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Korda and Martinez Portero is 1-0 for Sebastian.
Draw and next match H2H: Sebastian Korda vs. Rafael Nadal – stats
Korda will play Nadal in the 4th round.
There is no head to head record between Sebastian Korda and Rafael Nadal since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Tennis Scores at the Roland Garros
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (7-5 6-1 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-1 6-3 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-4 6-3 5-7 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Aljaz BedeneBedene (6-1 6-2 3-1 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Christian GarinGarin (6-2 3-6 6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (6-0 6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Kevin AndersonAnderson (6-3 6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-2 7-65 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (6-1 7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Hugo GastonGaston – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (2-6 6-3 6-3 4-6 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-4 6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Federico CoriaCoria (6-3 7-5 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Casper RuudRuud (6-4 6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Rafael NadalNadal – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (6-1 6-4 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Norbert GombosGombos (7-63 6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (7-65 6-3 7-617) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (3-1) – H2H details and stats
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Andrey RublevRublev (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Hugo GastonGaston – Dominic ThiemThiem (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Rafael NadalNadal (0-0) – H2H details and stats
