Tomas Martin Etcheverry wins against Daniel Elahi Galan 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in Houston on Thursday. Etcheverry will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Michael Mmoh in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 52 minutes. His best result in this tournament was reaching the final in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
Tomas Martin added to his prize money $ 8,385 after winning this match. He has already won $ 19,995 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Argentine will add $ 14,515 to his earnings to get in total $ 34,510 in total.
Highlights Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Daniel Elahi Galan US Men’s Clay Court Championship – Houston
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Etcheverry scored 65 points vs. Elahi Galan Riveros’s 57.
Etcheverry
The Argentine was pretty good at converting 67% of the break points that he conquered (4/6).
Elahi Galan Riveros
On the other side, Elahi Galan Riveros was not so effective in converting his break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Etcheverry and Elahi Galan Riveros is 4-1 for Tomas Martin.
Draw and next match H2H: Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Michael Mmoh – stats
Etcheverry will play Mmoh in the quarter.
This will be the 3rd time that Tomas Martin Etcheverry and Michael Mmoh square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Etcheverry and Mmoh (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Tomas Martin won the set after he broke Elahi Galan Riveros in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (4-3) game. Daniel tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. However, Etcheverry refused to give way to win the set 6-4.
The Argentine converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40), the 6th (3-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Elahi Galan Riveros converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 4th (2-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (2-3 40-A) and the 8th game (3-4 30-40).
They contested 77 points. This set was a huge battle since finally Tomas Martin won barely 1 point more than Elahi Galan Riveros (39-38). The Argentine lost 16 points on serve (23-16). on the other side of the net, Daniel conceded 16 points on serve (22-16).
Etcheverry was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Daniel Elahi Galan in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Yet, Tomas Martin found the way to come back to break Daniel in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
Elahi Galan Riveros was completely knocked out in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-4 to 6-4.
Tomas Martin was on the money in converting all his break points in the 6th (2-4 15-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40). On the other side, the Colombian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 0-40).
They played 45 points. Etcheverry was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than Elahi Galan Riveros (26-19). The Argentine dropped 8 points on serve (16-8). On the losing side, Elahi Galan Riveros conceded 10 points on serve (11-10).
Tennis Scores in Houston
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (4-6 7-61 7-67) – Stats and score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-2 6-74 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Michael MmohMmoh – Max PurcellPurcell (6-2 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-4 2-6 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Jeff WolfWolf (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Zizou BergsBergs (3-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Marcos GironGiron – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Michael MmohMmoh (1-0) – H2H details and stats