Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera conquers Heide in the 1st round to battle vs Norrie at the Rio Open. HIGHLIGHTS – RIO DE JANEIRO RESULTS

RIO OPEN - RIO DE JANEIRO DRAW AND RESULTS. Barrios Vera ousts Heide to face Cameron Norrie in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Tomas Barrios Vera vs. Gustavo Heide

Tomas Barrios Vera conquers Gustavo Heide 7-5 6-3 in the 1st round in Rio De Janeiro on Monday. Barrios Vera will have to play Cameron Norrie in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 46 minutes. This will be his best result in this competition. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2023. Here you can see his previous results at this event.

Barrios Vera
Rio De Janeiro
Barrios Vera's Record

Highlights Tomas Barrios Vera vs. Gustavo Heide Rio Open – Rio de Janeiro

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Vera
Heide
Tomas Barrios Vera
7-5 6-3
1h:46
Gustavo Heide
68
68
Total points
56
56
32
32
Winners
25
25
47%
47%
Ratio Winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
2
2
3
3
Double Faults
2
2
63%
63%
1st in
56%
56%
80%
80%
1st won
74%
74%
32/40
32/40
1st won
25/34
25/34
48%
48%
2nd won
41%
41%
11/23
11/23
2nd won
11/27
11/27
-- Break Points --
3/6
3/6
Total
1/4
1/4
50%
50%
Won
25%
25%
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At the end of the match, the Chilean scored 68 points vs. Gustavo’s 56.

Barrios Vera

Barrios Vera served very well to win 80% of the points (32/40) behind his first serve. However he won only 48% points (11/23) on his second serve. Barrios Vera didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (3/6).

Heide

On the other side, Heide was not so effective in converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Barrios Vera and Heide is 2-1 for Marcelo Tomas.

Draw and next match H2H: Tomas Barrios Vera vs. Cameron Norrie – stats

Barrios Vera will come up against Norrie in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Tomas Barrios Vera and Cameron Norrie since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Tomas Barrios Vera Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Vera 7-5
VeraHeide
7
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
VeraHeide
7
5
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
VeraHeide
6
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
VeraHeide
5
5
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
VeraHeide
5
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
VeraHeide
4
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
VeraHeide
4
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
VeraHeide
3
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
VeraHeide
3
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
VeraHeide
2
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
VeraHeide
2
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
VeraHeide
1
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
VeraHeide
1
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Chilean snatched in the 12th game (7-5) before ultimately conquering the set (7-5).

Barrios Vera failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 15.

The Chilean lost a big opportunity to break the Brazilian in the 2nd game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Barrios Vera was unable to convert any of the 4 conquered break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the Brazilian was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 80 points. Marcelo Tomas conquered the set after winning 8 points more than the Brazilian (44-36). Marcelo Tomas dropped 12 points on serve (30-12). Regarding the other side of the net, the Brazilian conceded 14 points on serve (24-14).

2nd Set -
Vera 6-3
VeraHeide
6
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
VeraHeide
5
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
VeraHeide
5
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
VeraHeide
5
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
VeraHeide
4
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
VeraHeide
3
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
VeraHeide
2
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
VeraHeide
1
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40

The Chilean won the set after he broke Heide in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game. Heide tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (5-2) game. Yet, Marcelo Tomas kept the situation under control to conquer the set 6-3.

Marcelo Tomas failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 15.

There was an important spell in this set when Marcelo Tomas won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to bring the game count from 1-1 to 5-1.

Marcelo Tomas was on the money in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 40-A) and the 5th game (4-1 15-40). On the other side, the Brazilian converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 7th game (1-5 0-40 and 15-40).

They played 44 points. The Chilean won 4 more points than Heide (24-20). Marcelo Tomas lost 8 points on serve (13-8). In addition, on the other side, Gustavo conceded 11 points on serve (12-11).

1st
Vera
Heide
7-5
7
5
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Vera
Heide
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
 

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