Pedro Martinez Portero rolls past Holger Rune 6-4 6-1 in the 2nd round in Rotterdam on Thursday after playing an extraordinary match to clash against Carlos Alcaraz in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 23 minutes.
Martinez Portero added to his prize money € 30,675 after winning this match. He has already won € 65,795 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Spaniard will add € 62,990 to his earnings to get in total € 128,785 in total.
Highlights Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Holger Rune ABN AMRO Open – Rotterdam
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:23
At the end of the match, the Spaniard scored 64 points vs. Holger’s 43.
Martinez Portero
The Spaniard didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that he procured (4/8).
Rune
On the other side, the Dane was effective at converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (1/2). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Martinez Portero and Rune is 1-0 for Pedro.
Draw and next match H2H: Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Carlos Alcaraz – stats
Martinez Portero will take on Alcaraz in the quarter.
This will be the 4th time that Pedro Martinez Portero and Carlos Alcaraz clash against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Alcaraz (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.
The last time that they played each other, Alcaraz won 7-66 6-3 in the final in Alicante Challenger back in 2020.
Live score progression and stats
Martinez Portero took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Holger Rune in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, that wasn’t sufficient for the Spaniard to win the set since Holger succeeded in breaking back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Pedro kept his focus to break Rune in the 10th (6-4) game.
The Spaniard failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 30.
Pedro was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, Holger converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 3rd game (0-2 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 67 points. Martinez Portero conquered the set after winning 9 points more than the Dane (38-29). The Spaniard dropped 11 points on serve (24-11). on the other side of the net, the Dane conceded 14 points on serve (18-14).
Pedro won the set after he broke Rune in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game.
The Dane was not able to offer any resistance in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-1 to 6-1.
The Spaniard converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, Pedro didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 40 points. Pedro was the winner of the set after clinching 12 more points than the Dane (26-14). The Spaniard was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (12-2). on the other side of the court, Holger conceded 14 points on serve (12-14).
Tennis Scores in Rotterdam
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (6-75 7-66 7-5)
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Jakub MensikMensik (6-4 6-4)
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Arthur FilsFils (6-4 3-6 7-5)
- Andrey RublevRublev – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (7-62 7-67)
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Holger RuneRune (6-4 6-1)
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Andrea VavassoriVavassori (6-2 6-1)
- Mattia BellucciBellucci – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (6-3 6-76 6-3)
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (7-5 2-0 ret.)
Upcoming matches
- Andrey RublevRublev – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (2-3) – H2H details and stats
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (0-0) – H2H details and stats
