Pedro Martinez Portero grounds Diego Schwartzman 6-2 6-2 in the 2nd round in Buenos Aires on Thursday after playing a tremendous match to play Lorenzo Musetti in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 17 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this tournament. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2020 and 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
Martinez Portero added to his prize money $ 8,345 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 19,900 after this win. If he wins the next match, Pedro will add $ 14,445 to his earnings to get in total $ 34,345 in total.
Highlights Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Diego Schwartzman Argentina Open – Buenos Aires
Martinez Portero’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Martinez Portero scored 57 points vs. Schwartzman’s 34.
Martinez Portero
The Spaniard didn’t lose the focus when converting 56% of the break points that he procured (5/9).
Schwartzman
On the other side, Schwartzman was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Martinez Portero and Schwartzman is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Lorenzo Musetti – stats
Martinez Portero will compete against Musetti in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Pedro Martinez Portero and Lorenzo Musetti since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Martinez Portero had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Diego Schwartzman in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Anyhow, there was more to do for Martinez Portero to win the set since Schwartzman found the way to break back in the 6th (1-5) game.
Martinez Portero failed to serve out the set when leading 5-0 to be broken at 15.
There was a pivotal moment in this set when the Spaniard won 5 consecutive games in the 1st
set so as to change the score from 0-0 to 5-0.The Spaniard converted 42% of his break points (3/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 2nd (2-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (4-0 0-40) and the 9th game (6-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Diego converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 4th (0-3 40-A) and the 5th game (0-5
15-40).They played 54 points. Pedro conquered the set after winning 8 more points than the Argentine (31-23). Martinez Portero dropped 10 points on serve (15-10). on the other side of the court, Diego conceded 16 points on serve (13-16).
Martinez Portero in this set didn’t concede much to the Argentine and eventually he won 6-2 after breaking the Argentine in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Martinez Portero was perfect in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 0-40) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40). On the other side, Diego was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th game (2-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 37 points. Martinez Portero won 15 more points than Diego (26-11). The Spaniard conceded 7 points on serve (17-7). In addition, on the other side, the Argentine conceded 9 points on serve (4-9).
Tennis Scores in Buenos Aires
- Mariano NavoneNavone – Holger RuneRune (6-1 7-62)
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Corentin MoutetMoutet (6-2 6-3)
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Diego SchwartzmanSchwartzman (6-2 6-2)
- Joao FonsecaFonseca – Federico CoriaCoria (2-6 6-4 6-2)
- Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-3 6-4)
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (6-2 6-3)
- Laslo DjereDjere – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (2-6 6-1 7-62)
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-4 6-4)
Upcoming matches
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- Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Laslo DjereDjere (1-3) – H2H details and stats
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (0-0) – H2H details and stats