
Novak Djokovic aces Nuno Borges 6-3 7-6(2) in the 1st round in Beijing on Wednesday. Djokovic will fight against Bu Yunchaokete in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 50 minutes. Novak won this tournament 6 times in 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Serbian added to his prize money $ 27,910 after winning this match. He has already won $ 59,805 after this win. If he wins the next match, Djokovic will add $ 52,230 to his earnings to get in total $ 112,035 in total.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Nuno Borges China Open – Beijing
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Novak scored 74 points vs. the Portuguese’s 59.
Djokovic
Novak served extremely well to win 88% of the points (42/48) behind his first serve. Yet he won only 45% points (9/20) on his second serve. Djokovic was effective when converting 50% of the break points that he procured (1/2).
Borges
On the other side, Nuno wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Djokovic and Borges is 2-0 for Novak.
Draw and next match H2H: Novak Djokovic vs. Bu Yunchaokete – stats
Djokovic will come up against Yunchaokete in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Novak Djokovic and Bu Yunchaokete since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Djokovic took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Nuno Borges in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break was crucial for Djokovic to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
Djokovic was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 2nd game (1-0 30-40). On the other side, Borges was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 7th game (2-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 56 points. Djokovic was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than Nuno (31-25). The Serbian lost 11 points on serve (23-11). Regarding the other side of the net, Borges conceded 8 points on serve (14-8).
Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Djokovic had no problems to conquer the tiebreak 7-2.
Tiebreak
Novak won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 5th (4-1), 8th (6-2) and 9th (7-2) point. On the other side, the Portuguese won a minibreak in the 7th (2-5) point.
The Serbian won the tiebreak 7-2 after he conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2
Novak wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 9th game (4-4 40-A). On the other side, the Serbian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 73 points. Djokovic was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than Borges (39-34). Djokovic dropped 6 points on serve (24-6). on the other side of the net, Nuno conceded 15 points on serve (28-15).
Tennis Scores in Beijing
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (6-1 6-4)
- Arthur GeaGea – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-4 6-3)
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (6-3 6-3)
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (6-2 5-7 6-4)
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-3 7-62)
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