Pedro Martinez Portero and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Blois Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:00 pm on COURT 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pedro Martinez Portero who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Pedro Martinez Portero is the pick to win this match.
Pedro Martinez Portero -> 1.41
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo -> 2.75
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Prediction and head to head Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
This will be the 2nd time that Pedro Martinez Portero and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Martinez Portero (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Martinez Portero won 6-4 6-3 in the qualifications in Spain F30 (Madrid).
Pedro Martinez Portero
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-17 | 5-3 | 18-10 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-35 | 6-9 | 33-25 | 5-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-30 | 7-12 | 13-13 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-25 | 4-5 | 21-13 | 5-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 35-13 | 6-5 | 29-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 121, the Spaniard reached the 2nd round after defeating Daniel Rincon 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, Pedro had a good straight sets win against Rincon (6-3 6-3). During the match, Martinez Portero scored 64 points vs Rincon’s 51. Pedro was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about the service games, Martinez Portero was unable to score even 1 ace in the course of the match and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Pedro Martinez Portero lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Martinez Portero put 74% of his first serves in, winning 71% (34/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (7/17) on the 2nd serve. Pedro broke Rincon 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Martinez Portero has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (379-236). 15-15 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Martinez Portero has a composed309-165 match record in the last 9 years on clay.
Martinez Portero’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Girona Challenger and the Heilbronn Challenger.
Martinez Portero has a composed 18-20 win-loss record in 2023, 15-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Blois Challenger
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-22 | 2-2 | 17-19 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-31 | 4-5 | 41-23 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-29 | 5-0 | 26-25 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-32 | 0-2 | 39-28 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 33-16 | 1-1 | 32-13 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 297, the Spaniard got to the 2nd round after beating Jakub Paul 7-65 3-6 6-1, Conner Huertas Del Pino 7-65 6-4 and Elmar Ejupovic 6-72 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round against Ejupovic, Nikolas recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-72 6-4 6-1). During the match Sanchez-Izquierdo scored 103 points vs Ejupovic’s 84. Sanchez-Izquierdo was very aggressive to blast 56 winners.
Talking about serving, Sanchez-Izquierdo fired 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo lost the serve once and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Sanchez-Izquierdo put 78% of his first serves in, winning 74% (56/76) of the points behind his 1st serve and 33% (7/21) on the 2nd serve. Nikolas broke Ejupovic 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Sanchez-Izquierdo’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Valldoreix and M25 Mataro.
The Spaniard has a composed 25-16 win-loss record in 2023, 21-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Blois Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Martinez Portero | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 82 |
| Pts | 64-51 | 288-251 |
| Total Points | 115 | 539 |
| Winners | 34 | 124 |
| %Winners | 53% | 43% |
Martinez Portero played 1 match while Sanchez-Izquierdo competed in 3 matches. Sanchez-Izquierdo started his run from the qualifications while Martinez Portero had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo dropped 2 sets while Pedro Martinez Portero hasn’t lost a set so far. Martinez Portero has played 6 set(s) less than Sanchez-Izquierdo (2 vs 8). Therefore, Martinez Portero played 64 games less than Sanchez-Izquierdo. Pedro scored 34 winners (53% of the total points). On the other side, Sanchez-Izquierdo struck 124 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Martinez Portero | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 2.7 |
| 1st in | 48/65 | 189/271 |
| %1st in | 74% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 34/48 | 124/189 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 7/17 | 41/82 |
| %2nd pts | 41% | 50% |
Martinez Portero didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Sanchez-Izquierdo bagged 8 aces (2.7 per match). Martinez Portero won 71% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Sanchez-Izquierdo won 66% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Martinez Portero | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 15 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 15/24 |
| % Converted | 57% | 63% |
| Conceded | 4 | 31 |
| Saved | 3 | 22 |
| % Saved | 75% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 9 |
Martinez Portero broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Martinez Portero conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Sanchez-Izquierdo broke his opponents 15 times with a 63% conversion rate. Sanchez-Izquierdo conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Martinez Portero | |||
| R1 Rincon |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 64-51 | 64-51 | |
| Total points | 115 | 115 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 53% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 48/65 | 48/65 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 34/48 | 34/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/17 | 7/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Sanchez-Izquierdo | |||||
| Q1 Paul |
Q3 Huertas Del Pino |
R1 Ejupovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 3-6 6-1 | 7-65 6-4 | 6-72 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 23 | 30 | 82 | |
| pts | 103-94 | 82-73 | 103-84 | 288-251 | |
| Total points | 197 | 155 | 187 | 539 | |
| Winners | 35 | 33 | 56 | 124 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 40% | 54% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 60/90 | 53/84 | 76/97 | 189/271 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 63% | 78% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 35/60 | 33/53 | 56/76 | 124/189 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 62% | 74% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/30 | 16/31 | 7/21 | 41/82 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 52% | 33% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 4/5 | 5/6 | 15/24 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 80% | 83% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 9 | 11 | 31 | |
| Saved | 6/11 | 6/9 | 10/11 | 22 | |
| Saved % | 55% | 67% | 91% | 213% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Kenny de Schepperde Schepper – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (6-4 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida (7-63 6-73 6-4) – See score progression
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Elmar EjupovicEjupovic (6-72 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Harold MayotMayot – Clement TaburTabur (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Calvin HemeryHemery – Alvaro Lopez San MartinLopez San Martin (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Dragos Nicolae MadarasNicolae Madaras (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Daniel RinconRincon (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Hernan CasanovaCasanova – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (1-6 7-65 6-1) – See score progression
- Arthur GeaGea – Timofey SkatovSkatov (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – Mathias BourgueBourgue (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Quentin HalysHalys – Terence AtmaneAtmane (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Dan AddedAdded (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Gianluca MagerMager – Gilles Arnaud BaillyArnaud Bailly (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Hernan CasanovaCasanova – Kenny de Schepperde Schepper (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Quentin HalysHalys – Gianluca MagerMager (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Harold MayotMayot (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Calvin HemeryHemery (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco (0-0) – H2H and prediction
