Pedro Martinez Portero overcomes Daniel Altmaier 4-6 6-3 6-3 in the semifinal in Kitzbuhel on Friday. Martinez Portero will face off with Casper Ruud in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 30 minutes.
Highlights Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Daniel Altmaier Generali Open – Kitzbuhel
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Spaniard scored 92 points vs. the German’s 81.
Martinez Portero
Martinez Portero won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points since he converted only 33% (4/12) of the procured opportunities.
Altmaier
On the other side, Altmaier was sharp when converting 67% of the break points that he conquered points (2/3). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Martinez Portero and Altmaier is 1-0 for Pedro.
Draw and next match H2H: Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Casper Ruud – stats
Martinez Portero will play Ruud in the final.
There is no head to head record between Pedro Martinez Portero and Casper Ruud since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the German conquered in the 7th game (4-3) just before ultimately conquering the set (6-4).
Altmaier was perfect in converting all his break points in the 7th game (3-3 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Daniel didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 55 points. The German was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than Pedro (31-24). The German lost 5 points on serve (20-5). Regarding the other side of the net, the Spaniard conceded 11 points on serve (19-11).
Martinez Portero started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Daniel Altmaier in the 2nd
game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Yet, there was more work to do for the Spaniard to win the set since the German succeeded in breaking back in the 7th (2-5) game.A crucial moment of this set was when the Spaniard won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.
Pedro converted 25% of his break points (2/8). He had 8
break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A) and the 4th game (3-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Daniel was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th game (1-5 30-40).They played 63 points. Pedro won 11 more points than Altmaier (37-26). Martinez Portero dropped 7 points on serve (18-7). On the other side, the German conceded 19 points on serve (19-19).
Pedro won the set after he broke Daniel in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
The Spaniard converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-2 30-40), the 7th (4-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40). On the other side, the Spaniard didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 55 points. Martinez Portero was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than Daniel (31-24). The Spaniard surrendered 8 points on serve (18-8). Regarding the other side of the net, the German conceded 13 points on serve (16-13).
Tennis Scores in Kitzbuhel
- Casper RuudRuud – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-3 7-67) – Stats and score progression
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (4-6 6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Casper RuudRuud – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (0-0) – H2H details and stats