Maximilian Marterer upsets Nuno Borges 6-3 7-6(3) in the 2nd round in Antwerp on Thursday. Marterer will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Hugo Gaston in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 19 minutes.
The German added to his prize money € 8,535 after winning this match. He has already won € 20,360 after this win. If he wins the next match, the German will add € 14,775 to his earnings to get in total € 35,135 in total.
Highlights Maximilian Marterer vs. Nuno Borges European Open – Antwerp
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Maximilian scored 70 points vs. the Portuguese’s 53.
Marterer
Maximilian served exceptionally well to win 90% of the points (35/39) behind his first serve, and he won 55% points (11/20) on his second serve. The German struck 11 aces and he committed 2 double faults. The German won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points after he converted only 40% (2/5) of the procured opportunities.
Borges
On the other side, the Portuguese was effective when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (1/2). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Marterer and Borges is 1-0 for Maximilian.
Draw and next match H2H: Maximilian Marterer vs. Hugo Gaston – stats
Marterer will come up against Gaston in the quarter.
This will be the 3rd time that Maximilian Marterer and Hugo Gaston square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Marterer (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on I.hard.
Live score progression and stats
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Marterer grabbed in the 6th game (4-2) before eventually winning the set (6-3).
The German converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 5th (3-2 30-40) and the 10th game (6-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the German didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 57 points. Maximilian was the one to win the set after conquering 11 more points than the Portuguese (34-23). The German conceded 5 points on serve (20-5). On the losing side, Nuno conceded 14 points on serve (18-14).
Marterer had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Nuno Borges in the 2nd game (2-0). That break was the key for Nuno to win the set (7-6) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
Tiebreak
Marterer won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (4-0), 8th (6-2) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, the Portuguese won a minibreak in the 7th (2-5) point.
The German won the tiebreak 7-3 after he conquered a decisive 4-0 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 4-1, 5-1, 5-2, 6-2, 6-3, 7-3
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, the Portuguese converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 4th game (1-2 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 66 points. The German won 4 points more than Borges (35-31). Marterer lost 8 points on serve (25-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Borges conceded 10 points on serve (23-10).
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- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-3 7-63) – Stats and score progression
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- Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – David GoffinGoffin (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (3-6 6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Arthur FilsFils – Mark LajalLajal (7-64 7-62) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Hugo GastonGaston (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (1-1) – H2H details and stats