Pablo Andujar downs Fernando Verdasco 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in Rio De Janeiro on Monday. Andujar will face off with Pedro Martinez Portero in the 2nd round.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Andujar had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Verdasco in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Notwithstanding, there was more work to do for Pablo to win the set since Fernando succeeded in breaking back in the 7th (2-5) game.
Certainly, a key moment was when Andujar won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.
2nd set.
Verdasco had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Andujar in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, Andujar succeeded in coming back to break Verdasco 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (3-2) gamein the 9th game before winning the set (6-3) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
An important stage of this contest was when Andujar won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-2 to 4-2.
Statistics
At the end of the match, Andujar scored 72 points vs. Fernando’s 49 points.
Pablo was effective in converting 56% of the break points that he procured (5/9). On the other side, Fernando didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (2/4). Yet, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this match, the head to head between Andujar and Verdasco is 3-3.
Highlights Pablo Andujar vs. Fernando Verdasco Rio Open – Rio de Janeiro
Next Match H2H: Pablo Andujar vs. Pedro Martinez Portero – stats
Andujar will fight against Martinez Portero in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Pablo Andujar and Pedro Martinez Portero since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
The last time that they competed against each other, Andujar won 7-5 7-5 in the quarter in Santiago Challenger back in 2019.
Tennis Scores in Rio De Janeiro
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Leonardo MayerMayer (6-1 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Gianluca MagerMager – Casper RuudRuud (7-64 7-5) – See score progression
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (6-4 6-74 6-1) – See score progression
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Guido PellaPella (5-7 6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Attila BalazsBalazs – Pablo CuevasCuevas (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Borna CoricCoric – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (7-65 7-5) – See score progression
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (6-2 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Federico DelbonisDelbonis – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (5-7 7-63 7-5) – See score progression
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (7-62 4-6 7-62) – See score progression
- Federico CoriaCoria – Corentin MoutetMoutet (1-6 7-61 7-63) – See score progression
- Christian GarinGarin – Andrej MartinMartin (4-6 7-5 7-65) – See score progression
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Hugo DellienDellien (3-6 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Pablo AndujarAndujar – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Federico DelbonisDelbonis – Christian GarinGarin (0-0) – See H2H details
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Attila BalazsBalazs (0-0) – See H2H details
- Joao DominguesDomingues – Pedro SousaSousa (0-0) – See H2H details
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (2-0) – See H2H details
- Borna CoricCoric – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (0-0) – See H2H details
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Pablo AndujarAndujar (0-0) – See H2H details
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Dusan LajovicLajovic (0-1) – See H2H details
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Federico CoriaCoria (0-0) – See H2H details
