Marcos Giron extinguishes Pedro Martinez Portero 6-4 6-1 in the 1st round in Athens on Tuesday after playing a terrific match to deal with Brandon Nakashima in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes.

Athens
Giron's Record

Giron added to his prize money € 5,235 after conquering this match. He has already won € 13,455 after this win. If he wins the next match, Giron will add € 9,715 to his earnings to get in total € 23,170 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Giron
Portero
6-4 6-1
1h:25
66
66
Total points
46
46
23
23
Winners
24
24
35%
35%
Ratio Winners
52%
52%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
2
2
1
1
Double Faults
3
3
58%
58%
1st in
55%
55%
82%
82%
1st won
69%
69%
23/28
23/28
1st won
24/35
24/35
65%
65%
2nd won
34%
34%
13/20
13/20
2nd won
10/29
10/29
-- Break Points --
3/6
3/6
Total
0/0
0/0
50%
50%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Marcos scored 66 points vs. Martinez Portero’s 46.

Giron

The American served pretty well to win 82% of the points (23/28) behind his first serve, and he won 65% points (13/20) on his second serve. Marcos struck 10 aces and he committed 1 double fault. The American was effective at converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (3/6).

Martinez Portero

On the other side, Martinez Portero wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Giron and Martinez Portero is 1-0 for Marcos.

Draw and next match H2H: Marcos Giron vs. Brandon Nakashima – stats

Giron will square off with Nakashima in the 2nd round.

This will be the 4th time that Marcos Giron and Brandon Nakashima square off. The head to head is 3-0 for Nakashima (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Nakashima won 6-3 2-6 7-63 in the quarter in Chengdu back in September 2025.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Giron 6-4
GironPortero
6
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
GironPortero
6
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
GironPortero
5
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
GironPortero
4
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
GironPortero
4
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
GironPortero
3
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
GironPortero
3
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
GironPortero
2
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
GironPortero
2
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
GironPortero
1
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
GironPortero
1
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the American grabbed in the 10th game (6-4) just before finally conquering the set (6-4).

Giron failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 15.

Giron converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (4-3 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 78 points. Giron was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than Pedro (44-34). Giron surrendered 9 points on serve (24-9). On the other side, Martinez Portero conceded 20 points on serve (25-20).

2nd Set -
Giron 6-1
GironPortero
6
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
GironPortero
5
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
GironPortero
4
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
GironPortero
3
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
GironPortero
3
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
GironPortero
2
0
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30

Giron was pretty sharp 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. The American improved his lead after breaking Pedro in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).

The American was perfect in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 40-A). On the other side, Giron didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 34 points. Marcos was the one to win the set after conquering 10 more points than Pedro (22-12). Marcos was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (12-3). On the other side, Pedro conceded 10 points on serve (9-10).

1st
Giron
Portero
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Giron
Portero
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0

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  • Alexandre MullerMuller – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-3 2-6 7-66)
  • Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (2-6 7-65 7-5)
  • Vit KoprivaKopriva – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (6-4 6-3)
  • Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri – Laslo DjereDjere (1-6 7-66 6-2)
  • Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Jacob FearnleyFearnley (6-4 6-2)
  • Sebastian KordaKorda – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (4-6 6-3 6-4)
  • Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Adam WaltonWalton (7-67 6-76 7-5)
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