Henrique Rocha surprises Mate Valkusz 6-4 6-2 in the qualifications in Estoril on Sunday. Rocha will fight against Bernabe Zapata Miralles in the 1st round. The match lasted 1 hour and 21 minutes.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:21
At the end of the match, Henrique scored 65 points vs. Valkusz’s 53.
Rocha
The Portuguese served very well to win 79% of the points (31/39) behind his first serve. However he won only 36% points (8/22) on his second serve. The Portuguese was sharp when converting 57% of the break points that he conquered (4/7).
Valkusz
On the other side, Valkusz was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Rocha and Valkusz is 1-0 for Henrique.
Draw and next match H2H: Henrique Rocha vs. Bernabe Zapata Miralles – stats
Rocha will square off with Zapata Miralles in the 1st round.
There is no head to head record between Henrique Rocha and Bernabe Zapata Miralles since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Rocha got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Mate Valkusz in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, that was not enough for Rocha to win the set since Valkusz succeeded in breaking back in the 7th (3-4) game. The Portuguese kept his focus to break the Hungarian in the 10th (6-4) game.
Rocha failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 40.
The Portuguese converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (3-0 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). In addition on the other side, Valkusz converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 6th (2-4 30-40) and the 11th game (3-6 40-A).
They played 73 points. Rocha won 9 more points than Mate (41-32). The Portuguese surrendered 14 points on serve (25-14). on the other side of the net, the Hungarian conceded 16 points on serve (18-16).
Rocha in this set was too good for Mate and without too much struggle he won 6-2 after breaking the Hungarian in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Henrique converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-1 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Hungarian was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 7th game (2-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 45 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Rocha won just 3 more points than Mate (24-21). Henrique lost 8 points on serve (14-8). On the other side, Mate conceded 10 points on serve (13-10).
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