Bernabe Zapata Miralles aces Pedro Martinez Portero 6-1 3-6 6-4 in the 1st round in Buenos Aires on Monday in what was an all-Spaniard contest. Zapata Miralles will play Diego Schwartzman in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 40 minutes.
Highlights Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs. Pedro Martinez Portero Argentina Open – Buenos Aires
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:40
At the end of the match, Zapata Miralles scored 98 points vs. Martinez Portero’s 89.
Zapata Miralles
Bernabe won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points since he converted only 48% (10/21) of the procured opportunities.
Martinez Portero
On the other side, Pedro was pretty effective at converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (8/16). Yet, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Zapata Miralles and Martinez Portero is 5-6 for Pedro.
Draw and next match H2H: Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs. Diego Schwartzman – stats
Zapata Miralles will come up against Schwartzman in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Bernabe Zapata Miralles and Diego Schwartzman since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Zapata Miralles had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Pedro Martinez Portero in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Anyhow, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Bernabe to win the set since Martinez Portero found the way to break back in the 5th (1-4) game. Bernabe maintained his focus to break Martinez Portero in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
A crucial moment of this set was when Bernabe won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the score from 0-0 to 4-0.
Bernabe converted 42% of his break points (3/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (3-0 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Pedro was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (0-4 40-A).
They played 59 points. Bernabe was the one to win the set after conquering 13 more points than Martinez Portero (36-23). Zapata Miralles lost 8 points on serve (15-8). On the losing side, Pedro conceded 21 points on serve (15-21).
Zapata Miralles started the set in the best possible way after breaking Pedro Martinez Portero in the 2nd game (2-0). However, that wasn’t sufficient for Pedro to win the set as Zapata Miralles found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (3-4) game. Pedro kept his focus to break Zapata Miralles in the 4th (3-1), in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
Martinez Portero was on the money in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 40-A), the 4th (2-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (3-2 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 0-40 and 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, Bernabe was flawless in converting all his break points in the 3rd (0-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (1-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (2-4 30-40).
They played 67 points. Pedro was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than Zapata Miralles (38-29). Pedro surrendered 14 points on serve (14-14). on the other side of the court, Zapata Miralles conceded 24 points on serve (15-24).
Zapata Miralles won the set after recovering 3 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping his serve 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (2-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game, Zapata Miralles broke back 4 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (3-3), in the 8th (5-3) and in the 10th game to conquer the set 6-4.
Bernabe failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 15.
Zapata Miralles converted 50% of his break points (4/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 3rd (1-2 40-A), the 6th (2-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 8th (4-3 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Pedro converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40), the 5th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 15-40).
They played 61 points. Zapata Miralles won 5 more points than Martinez Portero (33-28). Bernabe conceded 12 points on serve (11-12). In addition, on the other side, Pedro conceded 22 points on serve (16-22).
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