Nuno Borges stuns Dimitrov in the 3rd round to set up a battle vs Medvedev at the Australian Open. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Borges stuns Dimitrov to take on Daniil Medvedev in the 4th round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Grigor Dimitrov

Nuno Borges stuns Grigor Dimitrov 6-7(3) 6-4 6-2 7-6(6) in the 3rd round in Melbourne on Saturday. Borges will play against Daniil Medvedev in the 4th round. The battle lasted 3 hours and 5 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this event. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.

Borges
Melbourne
Borges's Record

The Portuguese added to his prize money $ 120,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 375,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Nuno will add $ 225,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 600,000 in total.

Highlights Nuno Borges vs. Grigor Dimitrov Australian Open – Melbourne

Borges’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Borges
Dimitrov
Nuno Borges
6-73 6-4 6-2
7-66
3h:05
Grigor Dimitrov
138
138
Total points
130
130
80
80
Winners
57
57
58%
58%
Ratio Winners
44%
44%
42
42
Unforced
46
46
48%
48%
Ratio Unforced
52%
52%
21/25
21/25
Net Approaches
17/22
17/22
84%
84%
Perc
77%
77%
-- Serve --
21
21
Aces
11
11
4
4
Double Faults
2
2
69%
69%
1st in
61%
61%
78%
78%
1st won
79%
79%
80/103
80/103
1st won
57/72
57/72
47%
47%
2nd won
54%
54%
22/47
22/47
2nd won
25/46
25/46
203
203
Fastest serve
216
216
191
191
AVG 1st Serve
198
198
156
156
AVG 2nd Serve
162
162
-- Break Points --
4/7
4/7
Total
1/12
1/12
57%
57%
Won
8%
8%
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At the end of the match, Borges scored 138 points vs. Dimitrov’s 130.

Borges

The Portuguese served pretty well to win 78% of the points (80/103) behind his first serve. Yet he won only 47% points (22/47) on his second serve. The Portuguese struck 21 aces and he committed 4 double faults. Borges didn’t lose the focus when converting 57% of the break points that he conquered (4/7).

Dimitrov

On the other side, the Bulgarian was battling in converting his break points (only 8% – 1/12). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Borges and Dimitrov is 1-0 for Nuno.

Draw and next match H2H: Nuno Borges vs. Daniil Medvedev – stats

Borges will fight against Medvedev in the 4th round.

There is no head to head record between Nuno Borges and Daniil Medvedev since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Nuno Borges Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Borges HTML
BorgesDimitrov
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B
0
0
D
0
0

Dimitrov won the set after he broke Nuno .

Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Furthermore, on the other side, Dimitrov didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 80 points. The Bulgarian conquered the set after winning 6 points more than Borges (43-37). Grigor conceded 12 points on serve (34-12). In addition, on the other side, Nuno conceded 9 points on serve (25-9).

2nd Set -
Borges Not
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0
0
0
0

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Portuguese clinched in the 5th game (3-2) prior to eventually winning the set (6-4).

The Portuguese converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 11th game (6-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Bulgarian was unable to convert any of his 7 break points. He had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (2-1 40-A) and the 8th game (3-4 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 66 points. The Portuguese won 4 more points than Dimitrov (35-31). The Portuguese surrendered 15 points on serve (26-15). on the other side of the net, Dimitrov conceded 9 points on serve (16-9).

3rd Set -
Borges this
this
0
0
Found
0
0
0
0

Borges overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Grigor Dimitrov in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. That break was crucial for Nuno to win the set (6-2) since there were no other breaks.

The Portuguese converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (2-0 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Borges didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 39 points. Nuno was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than the Bulgarian (22-17). The Portuguese was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (16-3). Regarding the other side of the net, Dimitrov conceded 6 points on serve (14-6).

4th Set -
Borges

Borges was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Grigor Dimitrov in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, Nuno succeeded in coming back to break Grigor in the 9th (4-5) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 6.

Tiebreak

Borges won 6 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 5th (4-1), 9th (5-4), 12th (6-6), 13th (7-6) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, the Bulgarian won 4 minibreaks in the 6th (2-4), 7th (3-4), 10th (5-5) and 11th (6-5) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6

Nuno was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 9th game (3-5 15-40). Nuno saved 1 set point when he was trailing 5-6. On the other side, Dimitrov converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 83 points. Borges won 7 points more than Dimitrov (45-38). The Portuguese surrendered 19 points on serve (31-19). In addition, on the other side, Grigor conceded 14 points on serve (19-14).

1st
Borges
Dimitrov
6-7
6
7
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Borges
Dimitrov
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
3rd
Borges
Dimitrov
6-2
6
2
5
2
5
1
4
1
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
4th
Borges
Dimitrov
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
4
5
3
5
2
5
2
4
1
4
1
3
0
3
0
2
0
1
 

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