Jiri Lehecka topples Pedro Martinez Portero 7-6(4) 6-2 in the 1st round in Beijing on Thursday. Lehecka will fight against Wesley Koolhof/Nikola Mektic or Austin Krajicek/Rajeev Ram in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 42 minutes.
The Czech added to his prize money $ 25,390 after winning this match. He has already won $ 54,405 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Czech will add $ 47,520 to his earnings to get in total $ 101,925 in total.
Highlights Jiri Lehecka vs. Pedro Martinez Portero China Open – Beijing
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Lehecka scored 73 points vs. the Spaniard’s 59.
Lehecka
The Czech served pretty well to win 95% of the points (36/38) behind his first serve. Anyhow he won only 43% points (13/30) on his second serve. The Czech won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points as he converted only 33% (3/9) of the procured opportunities.
Martinez Portero
On the other side, Pedro was battling in converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Lehecka and Martinez Portero is 1-0 for Jiri.
Draw and next match H2H: Jiri Lehecka vs. Wesley Koolhof/Nikola Mektic or Austin Krajicek/Rajeev Ram – stats
Lehecka will compete against either Wesley Koolhof/Nikola Mektic or Austin Krajicek/Rajeev Ram in the 2nd round. The head to head is 0-0 vs. Wesley Koolhof/Nikola Mektic and 0-0 vs. Austin Krajicek/Rajeev Ram.
Live score progression and stats
Lehecka had a strong start of this set after breaking Pedro Martinez Portero in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, that was not enough for the Czech to win the set because the Spaniard managed to break back in the 8th (4-4) game.
Jiri converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Martinez Portero converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 40-A) and the 7th game (3-4 40-A).
They played 84 points. Lehecka won 4 points more than the Spaniard (44-40). The Czech lost 18 points on serve (36-18). In addition, on the other side, the Spaniard conceded 8 points on serve (22-8).
Lehecka conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Pedro Martinez Portero in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Lehecka improved his lead after breaking the Spaniard in the 8th (6-2) game before conquering the set.
Jiri converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Martinez Portero was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (1-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 48 points. Lehecka won 8 more points than Pedro (28-20). Lehecka lost 6 points on serve (13-6). on the other side of the net, Martinez Portero conceded 15 points on serve (14-15).
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