Felix Auger-Aliassime dispatches Borges in the 2nd round – DUBAI RESULTS. HIGHLIGHTS

DUBAI DUTY FREE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS - DUBAI DRAW AND RESULTS. Auger-Aliassime hustles Borges

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Luke Meyer
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Felix Auger-Aliassime hustles Nuno Borges 4-6 6-3 7-5 in the 2nd round in Dubai on Wednesday. Auger-Aliassime will seek to keep on going in this event against Marin Cilic in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 19 minutes. This will be his best result in this event. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.

Auger-Aliassime
Dubai
Auger-Aliassime's Record

Auger-Aliassime added to his prize money $ 41,350 after winning this match. He has already won $ 88,700 after this win. If he wins the next match, Felix will add $ 84,920 to his earnings to get in total $ 173,620 in total.

Highlights Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Nuno Borges Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships – Dubai

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Auger-Aliassime
Borges
Felix Auger-Aliassime
4-6 6-3 7-5
2h:19
Nuno Borges
99
99
Total points
87
87
52
52
Winners
48
48
53%
53%
Ratio Winners
55%
55%
-- Serve --
9
9
Aces
9
9
1
1
Double Faults
3
3
73%
73%
1st in
71%
71%
78%
78%
1st won
72%
72%
52/67
52/67
1st won
48/67
48/67
48%
48%
2nd won
41%
41%
12/25
12/25
2nd won
11/27
11/27
-- Break Points --
3/10
3/10
Total
2/6
2/6
30%
30%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, the Canadian scored 99 points vs. Nuno’s 87.

Auger-Aliassime

Felix served pretty well to win 78% of the points (52/67) behind his first serve. Anyhow he won only 48% points (12/25) on his second serve. Felix won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points as he converted only 30% (3/10) of the procured opportunities.

Borges

On the other side, the Portuguese was struggling when converting his break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this contest, the head to head between Auger-Aliassime and Borges is 1-0 for Felix.

Draw and next match H2H: Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Marin Cilic – stats

Auger-Aliassime will come up against Cilic in the quarter.

This will be the 5th time that Felix Auger-Aliassime and Marin Cilic fight against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Cilic (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Cilic won 6-0 3-6 6-3 in the 1st round in Paris back in 2020.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Borges 6-4
BorgesAuger-Aliassime
6
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
BorgesAuger-Aliassime
6
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
BorgesAuger-Aliassime
5
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
BorgesAuger-Aliassime
5
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
BorgesAuger-Aliassime
4
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
BorgesAuger-Aliassime
4
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
BorgesAuger-Aliassime
3
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
BorgesAuger-Aliassime
2
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
BorgesAuger-Aliassime
1
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
BorgesAuger-Aliassime
1
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
BorgesAuger-Aliassime
0
1
0
15
0
30
0
40

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Borges snatched in the 5th game (3-2) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-4).

Borges was unerring in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Borges didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 65 points. This set was a huge battle since finally the Portuguese won just 1 point more than Felix (33-32). The Portuguese dropped 7 points on serve (21-7). on the other side of the court, Felix conceded 12 points on serve (25-12).

2nd Set -
Auger-Aliassime 6-3
Auger-AliassimeBorges
6
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
Auger-AliassimeBorges
6
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
Auger-AliassimeBorges
5
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
Auger-AliassimeBorges
5
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
Auger-AliassimeBorges
4
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
Auger-AliassimeBorges
3
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
Auger-AliassimeBorges
3
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
Auger-AliassimeBorges
3
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
Auger-AliassimeBorges
2
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30

Auger-Aliassime didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Nuno Borges in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, there was more to do for the Canadian to win the set as Borges found the way to break back in the 5th (2-3) game. Auger-Aliassime kept his focus to break Borges in the 6th (4-2) game before winning the set (6-3).

They contested 60 points. Felix was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than the Portuguese (33-27). Felix lost 8 points on serve (14-8). Regarding the other side of the net, the Portuguese conceded 19 points on serve (19-19).

3rd Set -
Auger-Aliassime 7-5
Auger-AliassimeBorges
7
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
Auger-AliassimeBorges
6
5
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
Auger-AliassimeBorges
5
5
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
Auger-AliassimeBorges
4
5
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
Auger-AliassimeBorges
4
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
Auger-AliassimeBorges
3
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
Auger-AliassimeBorges
3
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
Auger-AliassimeBorges
2
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
Auger-AliassimeBorges
2
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
Auger-AliassimeBorges
1
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
Auger-AliassimeBorges
1
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Felix clinched in the 11th game (6-5) prior to finally conquering the set (7-5).

The Canadian missed the chance to break Borges in the 5th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Auger-Aliassime converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). On the other side, the Canadian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 62 points. Felix won 8 more points than Nuno (35-27). Felix lost 8 points on serve (25-8). on the other side of the court, Borges conceded 10 points on serve (19-10).

1st
Auger-Aliassime
Borges
4-6
4
6
4
5
3
5
3
4
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Auger-Aliassime
Borges
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
3
2
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
3rd
Auger-Aliassime
Borges
7-5
7
5
6
5
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
 

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