Pierre-Hugues Herbert shocks Pedro Martinez Portero 6-3 3-6 7-6(4) in the 1st round in Metz on Monday. Herbert will play Quentin Halys in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 31 minutes. His best result in this event was reaching the semifinal in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
The French player added to his prize money € 3,950 after winning this match. He has already won € 10,165 after this win. If he wins the next match, Pierre-Hugues will add € 7,345 to his earnings to get in total € 17,510 in total.
Highlights Pierre-Hugues Herbert vs. Pedro Martinez Portero Moselle Open – Metz
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:31
At the end of the match, Pierre-Hugues scored 103 points vs. Martinez Portero’s 100.
Herbert
Pierre-Hugues served extremely well to win 75% of the points (46/61) behind his first serve. Yet he won only 33% points (12/36) on his second serve. Pierre-Hugues blasted 12 aces and he committed 5 double faults. Pierre-Hugues won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points as he converted only 29% (4/14) of the procured opportunities.
Martinez Portero
On the other side, Pedro wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 44% – 4/9). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Herbert and Martinez Portero is 1-0 for Pierre-Hugues.
Draw and next match H2H: Pierre-Hugues Herbert vs. Quentin Halys – stats
Herbert will play Halys in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Quentin Halys fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Herbert (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on I.hard.
Live score progression and stats
Herbert clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, The French player broke back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 6th (4-2) game to conquer the set 6-3.
There was a pivotal moment in this set when Herbert won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to convert the scoreline from 1-2 to 5-2.
Herbert converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Also, 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 played 59 points. It’s worth to point out that, The French player won this set even if he scored less points 1 than Pedro (29-30). Pierre-Hugues lost 12 points on serve (18-12). On the other side, Pedro conceded 11 points on serve (18-11).
Herbert 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 3-0. Yet, there was more to do for Martinez Portero to win the set as Herbert succeeded in breaking back in the 7th (2-5) game.
The Spaniard failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 15.
The Spaniard missed the chance to break the French player in the 8th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Pedro was unerring in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 6th (4-1 0-40), the 8th (5-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (6-2 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Herbert was spot on in converting all his break points in the 3rd (0-2 30-40), the 5th (1-3 40-A) and the 6th game (1-5 15-40).
They contested 68 points. Martinez Portero conquered the set after winning 8 points more than the French player (38-30). Pedro conceded 13 points on serve (16-13). Regarding the other side of the net, Herbert conceded 22 points on serve (17-22).
Herbert enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Pedro Martinez Portero in the 2nd game (2-0). That break was the key for Pierre-Hugues to win the set (7-6) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
The French player missed the opportunity to break Martinez Portero in the 8th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Tiebreak
The French player won 4 minibreaks in the 3rd (1-2), 6th (3-3), 10th (6-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, the Spaniard won 2 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0) and 4th (3-1) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
Pierre-Hugues converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 6th (2-3 15-40), the 8th (4-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). On the other side, Pierre-Hugues didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 76 points. Herbert conquered the set after winning 12 points more than Pedro (44-32). Pierre-Hugues conceded 5 points on serve (23-5). on the other side of the court, the Spaniard conceded 21 points on serve (27-21).
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