Carlos Alcaraz Garfia surprises Pedro Martinez Portero 5-7 6-4 6-3 in the 3rd round in Seville Challenger on Thursday. Alcaraz Garfia is going to play against Salvatore Caruso in the quarter.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Martinez Portero won the set after he broke Alcaraz Garfia in the 5th (3-2) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Alcaraz Garfia tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. However, Martinez Portero stayed solid before winning the set 7-5.
2nd set.
Alcaraz Garfia conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Martinez Portero in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, there was more to do for Alcaraz Garfia to win the set because Pedro found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 5th (2-3) game. Carlos maintained his cool to break Martinez Portero in the 4th (3-1) and in the 10th (6-4) game.
3rd set.
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Carlos conquered in the 8th game (5-3) before winning the set (6-3).
Statistics
At the end of the match, Alcaraz Garfia scored 110 points vs. Pedro’s 105 points.
Carlos won this match even if he was struggling in converting his break points as he converted only 45% (5/11). On the other side, Pedro had some problems in converting his break points because he converted only 29% of his break points (4/14). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Alcaraz Garfia and Martinez Portero is 2-0.
Next Match: Carlos Alcaraz Garfia vs. Salvatore Caruso – stats
Alcaraz Garfia will come up against Caruso in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Carlos Alcaraz Garfia and Salvatore Caruso since this will be the first time that they will face off at pro level.
Tennis Scores in Seville Challenger
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (5-7 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Julian OcleppoOcleppo (3-6 7-64 7-5) – See score progression
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Pedro SakamotoSakamoto (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Inigo CervantesCervantes – Alex MolcanMolcan (6-0 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Viktor GalovicGalovic (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Guillermo Garcia-LopezGarcia-Lopez – Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez (1-6 7-63 6-4) – See score progression
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Paolo LorenziLorenzi (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (1-0) – See H2H details
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Guillermo Garcia-LopezGarcia-Lopez (1-0) – See H2H details
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (0-0) – See H2H details
