Pedro Martinez Portero overcomes Richard Gasquet 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in Estoril on Friday. Martinez Portero will try to keep the momentum against Casper Ruud in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 45 minutes. This will be his best result in this event. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Pedro added to his prize money € 12,710 after conquering this match. He has already won € 30,220 until now in this competition. If he wins the next match, Martinez Portero will add € 21,180 to his earnings to get in total € 51,400.
Highlights Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Richard Gasquet Millennium Estoril Open – Estoril
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Martinez Portero scored 71 points vs. Gasquet’s 58.
Martinez Portero
The Spaniard won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points after he converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.
Gasquet
On the other side, Gasquet was pretty focused in converting 67% of the break points that he procured points (2/3). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Martinez Portero and Gasquet is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Casper Ruud – stats
Martinez Portero will come up against Ruud in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Pedro Martinez Portero and Casper Ruud square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Ruud (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Martinez Portero commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Richard Gasquet in the 1st game (1-0). However, there was more to do for the Spaniard to win the set as Richard managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 8th (3-5) game. The Spaniard kept his cool to break Gasquet in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-4).
Martinez Portero failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 0.
It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when Martinez Portero won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the score from 1-2 to 5-2.
Pedro converted 37% of his break points (3/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 0th (1-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (2-2 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the French player converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 40-A), the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 8th game (2-5 0-40).
They played 76 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Pedro won just 2 points more than Gasquet (39-37). The Spaniard dropped 13 points on serve (16-13). Regarding the other side of the net, the French player conceded 23 points on serve (24-23).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Martinez Portero grabbed in the 3rd game (2-1) before ultimately conquering the set (6-4).
Pedro was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (1-1 15-40). On the other side, Pedro didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 53 points. The Spaniard was the one to win the set after conquering 11 more points than the French player (32-21). Pedro lost 7 points on serve (21-7). on the other side of the court, the French player conceded 11 points on serve (14-11).
Tennis Scores in Estoril
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Richard GasquetGasquet (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Cristian GarinGarin – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-2 7-63) – Stats and score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz (7-64 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Christian GarinGarin – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Casper RuudRuud – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (1-0) – H2H details and stats