Adam Walton upsets Pedro Martinez Portero 3-6 6-2 6-3 in the qualifications in Miami on Tuesday. Walton will seek to keep on going in this event against Jaume Antoni Munar Clar or Martin Landaluce in the 1st round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 38 minutes.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, the Australian scored 105 points vs. Martinez Portero’s 92.
Walton
The Australian won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points since he converted only 27% (4/15) of the procured opportunities.
Martinez Portero
On the other side, Pedro wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 25% – 2/8). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Walton and Martinez Portero is 1-0 for Adam.
Draw and next match H2H: Adam Walton vs. Jaume Antoni Munar Clar or Martin Landaluce – stats
Walton will compete against either Jaume Antoni Munar Clar or Martin Landaluce in the 1st round. The head to head is 0-0 vs. Jaume Antoni Munar Clar and 0-0 vs. Martin Landaluce.
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 Spaniard clinched in the 8th game (5-3) before finally conquering the set (6-3).
Walton was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-3 to 6-3.
The Spaniard was spot on in converting all his break points in the 8th game (4-3 30-40 and 40-A). In addition on the other side, the Australian was on the money in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 5th game (2-2 30-40).
They played 67 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally Martinez Portero won barely 1 point more than the Australian (34-33). Pedro lost 13 points on serve (25-13). on the other side of the court, Adam conceded 9 points on serve (20-9).
Walton in this set was more solid than Pedro and finally he won 6-2 after breaking Pedro in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
The Australian failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 15.
Pedro was dominated in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 2-2 to 6-2.
Adam converted 25% of his break points (2/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (3-2 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Pedro was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th game (2-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 67 points. Walton was the winner of the set after clinching 11 more points than Pedro (39-28). The Australian dropped 7 points on serve (18-7). on the other side of the court, Pedro conceded 21 points on serve (21-21).
Walton started the set in the best possible way after breaking Pedro Martinez Portero in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Notwithstanding, there was more work to do for Walton to win the set since the Spaniard succeeded in breaking back in the 5th (1-4) game.
The Australian converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 4th game (3-0 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, the Spaniard converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5th game (0-4 15-40).
They contested 63 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Walton won just 3 points more than Pedro (33-30). Adam dropped 14 points on serve (17-14). On the losing side, Pedro conceded 16 points on serve (16-16).
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