Emil Ruusuvuori shocks Pedro Martinez Portero 6-3 6-1 in the quarter in Mallorca Challenger on Friday after playing a superlative match to face off with Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the semifinal.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Ruusuvuori conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Martinez Portero in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, there was more work to do for Ruusuvuori to win the set as the Spaniard found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 7th (3-4) game. Emil maintained his cool to break Pedro in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game before managing to win the set (6-3).
2nd set.
Ruusuvuori had a favorable start in this set after breaking Martinez Portero in the 1st game (1-0). Ruusuvuori reinforced his lead after breaking Pedro in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.
Martinez Portero couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-1 to 6-1).
Statistics
At the end of the match, Emil scored 65 points vs. Pedro’s 48 points.
Ruusuvuori was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (6/12). On the other side, Martinez Portero was not so effective in converting his break points as he converted only 33% of his break points (2/6). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Ruusuvuori and Martinez Portero is 2-0.
Next Match: Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina – stats
Ruusuvuori will compete against Davidovich Fokina in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Emil Ruusuvuori and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina since this will be the first time that they will play each other at pro level.
Tennis Scores in Mallorca Challenger
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Daniel MasurMasur – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (7-62 6-2) – See score progression
- Matteo ViolaViola – Blaz KavcicKavcic (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Jurij RodionovRodionov (6-4 1-6 7-63) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (0-0) – See H2H details
