Carlos Alcaraz Garfia defeats Mario Vilella Martinez 6-3 4-6 6-2 in the 2nd round in the Barcelona Challenger on Thursday in what was an all-Spaniard affair. Alcaraz Garfia will face off with Filip Horansky in the quarter.
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Alcaraz Garfia was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Vilella Martinez in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. However, that was not enough for Carlos to win the set because Mario managed to break back in the 5th (2-3) game. Carlos kept his cool to break Mario in the 8th (5-3) game before managing to win the set (6-3).
Carlos converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Vilella Martinez converted 12% of his break points (1/8). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (0-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (1-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (3-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 64 points. Alcaraz Garfia was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than Mario (35-29). Carlos surrendered 14 points on serve (22-14). on the other side of the court, Mario conceded 13 points on serve (15-13).
Alcaraz Garfia didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Vilella Martinez in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, Vilella Martinez refused to bow to come back to break Alcaraz Garfia 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (2-2) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Mario converted 50% of his break points (3/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (1-2 0-40 and 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Carlos converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 40-A).
They contested 68 points. Vilella Martinez won 4 points more than Alcaraz Garfia (36-32). Vilella Martinez lost 19 points on serve (23-19). on the other side of the net, Carlos conceded 13 points on serve (13-13).
Alcaraz Garfia in this set played a much better tennis than Mario and without too much hustling he won 6-2 after breaking Vilella Martinez in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Vilella Martinez couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-2 to 6-2.
Carlos was flawless in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-2 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40). On the other side, Carlos didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 46 points. Alcaraz Garfia won 8 points more than Mario (27-19). Alcaraz Garfia lost 7 points on serve (16-7). On the losing side, Mario conceded 11 points on serve (12-11).
Carlos will add to his prize money € 530 after conquering this match. He has won already € 1,260 after this win. If he wins the next match, Carlos will add € 900 to his earnings to get in total € 2,160 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Carlos scored 94 points vs. Vilella Martinez’s 84.
Carlos won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points since he converted only 38% (6/16) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, Mario was struggling when converting his break points (only 29% – 4/14). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Alcaraz Garfia and Vilella Martinez is 1-0 for Carlos.
Draw and next match H2H: Carlos Alcaraz Garfia vs. Filip Horansky – stats
Alcaraz Garfia will fight against Horansky in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Carlos Alcaraz Garfia and Filip Horansky square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Horansky (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Horansky won 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Biella Challenger back in October 2020.
Tennis Scores in Barcelona Challenger
- Filip HoranskyHoransky – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (6-3 3-6 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez (6-3 4-6 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Carlos Gimeno ValeroGimeno Valero – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-75 2-5 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Facundo BagnisBagnis – Dmitry PopkoPopko (7-5 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera (3-6 7-5 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Andrea CollariniCollarini – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (7-5 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Maxime JanvierJanvier – Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi (6-4 3-6 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Facundo BagnisBagnis – Carlos Gimeno ValeroGimeno Valero (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Maxime JanvierJanvier – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Andrea CollariniCollarini (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Filip HoranskyHoransky (0-0) – H2H details and stats
