Fernando Verdasco and Pedro Martinez Portero will square off in the 1st round of the Argentina Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 5:00 pm on COURT GUILLERMO VILAS. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Fernando Verdasco who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Fernando Verdasco is the pick to win this match.
Fernando Verdasco -> 1.44
Pedro Martinez Portero -> 2.62
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Fernando Verdasco
Ranked no. 47, Fernando will start his run in Buenos Aires after he played his last match in Cordoba where he lost 4-6 6-1 6-4 to Taberner in the 1st round the 3rd of February.
Verdasco has a 4-3 win-loss record in 2020, 0-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, The Spaniard has an overall 560-422 record. He has positive 226-145 record on clay.
Last year in Buenos Aires
The Spaniard didn’t compete in Buenos Aires in 2019.
Pedro Martinez Portero
Ranked no. 142, the Spaniard got to the 1st round after defeating Attila Balazs 5-7 6-4 6-4 and Juan Manuel Cerundolo 7-5 6-0.
In the qualifications, Pedro had a good straight sets win against Manuel Cerundolo (7-5 6-0). During the match Martinez Portero scored 66 points vs Manuel Cerundolo’s 48. The Spaniard was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Martinez Portero blasted 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Pedro Martinez Portero lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Martinez Portero put 87% of his first serves in, winning 58% (32/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 75% (6/8) on the 2nd serve. Pedro broke Manuel Cerundolo 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Pedro has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Martinez Portero has a winning win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 58% of his matches (247-180). 5-1 on clay in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Martinez Portero has a 75-64 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.
Martinez Portero has a 9-3 win-loss record in 2020, 5-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Buenos Aires
Martinez Portero didn’t compete in Buenos Aires in 2019.
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Buenos Aires
- Federico DelbonisDelbonis – Hugo DellienDellien (1-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Pablo CuevasCuevas – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Pablo AndujarAndujar (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (0-0) – See H2H details
- Leonardo MayerMayer – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (4-4) – See H2H details
- Andrej MartinMartin – Facundo BagnisBagnis (2-2) – See H2H details
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Federico DelbonisDelbonis (4-3) – See H2H details
- Filip HoranskyHoransky – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (0-0) – See H2H details
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (3-1) – See H2H details
- Laslo DjereDjere – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (0-0) – See H2H details
- Borna CoricCoric – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (0-0) – See H2H details
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Jozef KovalikKovalik (0-0) – See H2H details
- Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Christian GarinGarin (0-0) – See H2H details