Taro Daniel stuns Pedro Martinez Portero 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in Naples on Tuesday. Daniel will face off with Pedro Cachin in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 39 minutes.
Taro added to his prize money € 10,734 after winning this match. He has won already € 10,740 after this win. If he wins the next match, Daniel will add € 7,755 to his earnings to get in total € 18,495 in total.
Highlights Taro Daniel vs. Pedro Martinez Portero Tennis Napoli Open – Naples
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Japanese scored 62 points vs. Martinez Portero’s 50.
Daniel
Taro served pretty well to win 77% of the points (24/31) behind his first serve, and he won 57% points (13/23) on his second serve. Taro won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points after he converted only 40% (4/10) of the procured opportunities.
Martinez Portero
On the other side, Martinez Portero had a tough time converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Daniel and Martinez Portero is 1-0 for Taro.
Draw and next match H2H: Taro Daniel vs. Pedro Cachin – stats
Daniel will fight against Cachin in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Taro Daniel and Pedro Cachin clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Daniel (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Taro won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Taro broke back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 6th (4-2) game to conquer the set 6-3.
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when the Japanese won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the game count from 1-2 to 5-2.
Daniel converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (3-2 30-40 and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Martinez Portero converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 53 points. Daniel conquered the set after winning 7 more points than the Spaniard (30-23). The Japanese conceded 8 points on serve (18-8). In addition, on the other side, Martinez Portero conceded 12 points on serve (15-12).
Taro won the set after he broke Pedro in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Pedro was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-3 to 6-3.
Daniel converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 40-A and 40-A), the 7th (3-3 0-40 and 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Martinez Portero was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 8th game (3-4 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 59 points. Taro conquered the set after winning 5 points more than the Spaniard (32-27). Daniel dropped 9 points on serve (19-9). In addition, on the other side, Pedro conceded 13 points on serve (18-13).
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