Nuno Borges and Eduard Esteve Lobato will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Antalya 3 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 10:30 am on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nuno Borges who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nuno Borges is the pick to win this match.
Nuno Borges -> 1.61
Eduard Esteve Lobato -> 2.32
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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Eduard Esteve Lobato
This will be the 2nd time that Nuno Borges and Eduard Esteve Lobato face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Borges (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Borges won 3-6 7-6(5) 6-4 in the quarter in M15 Majadahonda back in May 2021.
Nuno Borges
Ranked no. 253 (career-high), Nuno reached the semifinal after beating Ergi Kirkin 6-4 6-3, Yanki Erel 6-4 6-0 and Nick Hardt 6-2 6-4.
In the quarter, Borges had a good straight sets win against Hardt (6-2 6-4). During the match, Borges scored 66 points vs Hardt’s 47. The Portuguese was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Borges scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Nuno Borges was pretty effective on serve to win 71% (22/31) of his 1st serve and 71% (12/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Borges broke Hardt 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nuno started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
Borges has a fantastic record in the last 7 years having won 75% of his matches (147-50). 37-15 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Borges has a composed60-24 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
Borges’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Antalya,the Oeiras 2 Challenger and M15 Majadahonda.
The Portuguese has an overall 43-19 win-loss record in 2021, 37-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Antalya 3 Challenger
Borges has never competed in this tournament before.
Eduard Esteve Lobato
Ranked no. 336, Eduard reached the semifinal after defeating Duckhee Lee 6-2 6-3, Filip Misolic 6-2 6-3 and Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-2 6-0.
In the quarter, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Ramanathan (6-2 6-0). During the match Esteve Lobato scored 58 points vs Ramanathan’s 27. The Spaniard was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Esteve Lobato struck 3 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Eduard Esteve Lobato was quite efficient on serve to win 73% (24/33) of his 1st serve and 75% (6/8) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Eduard broke Ramanathan 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Spaniard started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 63% of the points he played.
Esteve Lobato’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Frankfurt am Main and M25 Lima.
Esteve Lobato has a compiled 38-17 win-loss record in 2021, 38-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Borges | Esteve Lobato |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 53 | 48 |
| Pts | 200-143 | 177-104 |
| Total Points | 343 | 281 |
| Winners | 77 | 59 |
| %Winners | 39% | 33% |
Both Borges and Esteve Lobato played 3 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Borges and Esteve Lobato have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Borges played 5 games more than Esteve Lobato. The Portuguese scored 77 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard managed to score 59 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Borges | Esteve Lobato |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 1.7 | 2.7 |
| 1st in | 116/164 | 84/131 |
| %1st in | 71% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 77/116 | 59/84 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 28/48 | 31/47 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 66% |
Borges recorded 5 aces (1.7 per match). Esteve Lobato made 8 aces (2.7 per match). Borges won 66% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Esteve Lobato won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Borges | Esteve Lobato |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 15 | 16 |
| Converted | 15/28 | 16/27 |
| % Converted | 54% | 59% |
| Conceded | 15 | 10 |
| Saved | 10 | 6 |
| % Saved | 67% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 4 |
Borges broke his opponents 15 times with a 54% conversion rate. The Portuguese dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponents 16 times with a 59% conversion rate. Eduard conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Borges | |||||
| R1 Kirkin |
R2 Erel |
1/4 Hardt |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-4 6-0 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 16 | 18 | 53 | |
| pts | 70-56 | 64-40 | 66-47 | 200-143 | |
| Total points | 126 | 104 | 113 | 343 | |
| Winners | 30 | 25 | 22 | 77 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 39% | 33% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 53/63 | 32/53 | 31/48 | 116/164 | |
| % 1st in | 84% | 60% | 65% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 30/53 | 25/32 | 22/31 | 77/116 | |
| % 1st pts | 57% | 78% | 71% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/10 | 11/21 | 12/17 | 28/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 52% | 71% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 5/6 | 4/10 | 15/28 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 83% | 40% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | 1 | 15 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 6/7 | 0/1 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 86% | 0% | 48% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Esteve Lobato | |||||
| R1 Hee Lee |
R2 Misolic |
1/4 Ramanathan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 6-2 6-3 | 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | 14 | 48 | |
| pts | 61-41 | 58-36 | 58-27 | 177-104 | |
| Total points | 102 | 94 | 85 | 281 | |
| Winners | 20 | 15 | 24 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 26% | 41% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 32/49 | 19/41 | 33/41 | 84/131 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 46% | 80% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 20/32 | 15/19 | 24/33 | 59/84 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 79% | 73% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 15/22 | 6/8 | 31/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 68% | 75% | 66% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 5/6 | 5/9 | 16/27 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 83% | 56% | 59% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 0/1 | 4/4 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 0% | 100% | 47% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Antalya 3 Challenger
- Ryan PenistonPeniston – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (6-2 5-7 7-62) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Nick HardtHardt (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Eduard Esteve LobatoEsteve Lobato – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (6-1 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Eduard Esteve LobatoEsteve Lobato (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – Ryan PenistonPeniston (0-0) – H2H and prediction
