MELBOURNE RESULTS. Daniil Medvedev wins against Martinez Portero in the 2nd round

Daniil Medvedev downs Pedro Martinez Portero 7-5 6-1 6-3 in the 2^nd round in Melbourne on Thursday. Medvedev will have to play Alexei Popyrin in the 3^rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Medvedev won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 2^nd (1-1) and in the 7^th (4-3) game. Medvedev broke back 3 times in the 3^rd (2-1), in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 9^th (5-4) game before winning the set 7-5.

Daniil failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 30.

2^nd set.

Medvedev enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Martinez Portero in the 3^rd game (3-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Notwithstanding, that was not enough for Daniil to win the set since Pedro managed to break back in the 6^th (1-5) game.

The Russian failed to serve out the set when leading 5-0 to be broken at 15.

3^rd set.

Daniil won the set after he broke the Spaniard in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 6^th (4-2) game. The Spaniard tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7^th (4-3) game. Yet, Daniil didn’t lose the lead before winning the set 6-3.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Medvedev scored 107 points vs. the Spaniard’s 70 points.

The Russian served extremely well to win 81% of the points (39/48) behind his first serve, and he won 64% points (23/36) on his second serve. Medvedev fired 19 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Medvedev was pretty good in converting 50% of the break points that he procured (6/12). On the other side, Martinez Portero had some problems converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Medvedev and Martinez Portero is 1-0 for Daniil.

Highlights Daniil Medvedev vs. Pedro Martinez Portero Australian Open – Melbourne

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Next Match H2H: Daniil Medvedev vs. Alexei Popyrin – stats

Medvedev will fight against Popyrin in the 3^rd round.

This will be the 2^nd time that Daniil Medvedev and Alexei Popyrin face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Medvedev (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Medvedev won 6-7⁶ 6-1 6-4 6-4 in the 2^nd round in Wimbledon back in 2019.

Tennis Scores at the Australian Open

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• Alexander ZverevZverev – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (7-6⁵ 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• John IsnerIsner – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-4 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
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