Zizou Bergs aces Nuno Borges 6-2 3-6 7-5 in the semifinal in Auckland on Friday. Bergs will seek to keep on going in this event against Gael Monfils in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 16 minutes.
Bergs added to his prize money $ 24,870 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 60,350 after this win. If he wins the next match, Zizou will add $ 43,105 to his earnings to get in total $ 103,455 in total.
Highlights Zizou Bergs vs. Nuno Borges ASB Classic – Auckland
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:16
At the end of the match, Bergs scored 92 points vs. the Portuguese’s 89.
Bergs
Bergs won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points as he converted only 46% (6/13) of the procured opportunities.
Borges
On the other side, Borges was effective at converting 57% of the break points that he conquered points (4/7). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Bergs and Borges is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Zizou Bergs vs. Gael Monfils – stats
Bergs will face Monfils in the final.
There is no head to head record between Zizou Bergs and Gael Monfils since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Zizou in this set was too strong for the Portuguese and without too much struggle he won 6-2 after breaking Nuno in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
A defining moment of this set was when Zizou won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to bring the game count from 0-1 to 5-1.
The Belgian converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40), the 4th (3-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (6-1 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Bergs didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 56 points. Zizou was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than Borges (32-24). The Belgian surrendered 8 points on serve (17-8). on the other side of the net, the Portuguese conceded 15 points on serve (16-15).
Bergs came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Nuno Borges in the 2nd game (2-0). Borges extended his lead after breaking Bergs in the 6th (4-2) game before conquering the set (6-3).
Certainly, a key moment was when Nuno won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to convert the scoreline from 0-2 to 5-2.
The Portuguese was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 0th (1-2 30-40), the 4th (1-2 0-40 and 15-40) and the 5th game (3-2 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, the Belgian was perfect in converting all his break points in the 3rd (2-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 5th game (2-2 30-40).
They played 67 points. Nuno was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than Bergs (37-30). The Portuguese dropped 12 points on serve (21-12). on the other side of the net, Bergs conceded 16 points on serve (18-16).
The Belgian won the set after he broke the Portuguese 3 times in the 6th (4-2), in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th (7-5) game. Nuno tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (4-5) game. Nonetheless, the Belgian kept the focus to win the set 7-5.
Zizou converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 0-40 and 15-40), the 10th (4-5 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40). On the other side, Borges was spot on in converting all his break points in the 7th (2-4 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40).
They contested 58 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Zizou won just 2 points more than the Portuguese (30-28). The Belgian conceded 12 points on serve (16-12). on the other side of the net, the Portuguese conceded 14 points on serve (16-14).
Tennis Scores in Auckland
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy (7-65 6-4)
- Zizou BergsBergs – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-2 3-6 7-5)
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