Fernando Verdasco and Nuno Borges will play each other in the quarter of the Tenerife Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:00 pm on CENTRAL COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Fernando Verdasco who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Fernando Verdasco is the pick to win this match.
Fernando Verdasco -> 1.78
Nuno Borges -> 2.04
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Prediction and head to head Fernando Verdasco vs. Nuno Borges
There is no head to head record between Fernando Verdasco and Nuno Borges since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Fernando Verdasco
Ranked no. 165, Fernando got to the quarter after beating Gian Marco Moroni 6-1 5-7 6-2 and Lorenzo Giustino 6-2 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Verdasco had a good straight sets win against Giustino (6-2 6-2). During the match, Verdasco scored 59 points vs Giustino’s 35. Verdasco was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Verdasco managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Fernando Verdasco was quite effective on serve to win 83% (25/30) of his 1st serve and 71% (10/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Verdasco broke Giustino 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Fernando started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has surrendered 1 set in this event to win 57% of the points he played.
Verdasco has a positive record in the last 10 years having won 52% of his matches (243-224). 6-5 on hard in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Verdasco has an aggregate 81-80 match record in the last years on hard.
The Spaniard has an aggregate 9-18 win-loss record in 2021, 6-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tenerife Challenger
Verdasco has never competed in this tournament before.
Nuno Borges
Ranked no. 263 (career-high), Borges got to the quarter after defeating Kimmer Coppejans 1-6 6-2 6-2 and Elias Ymer 7-5 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Nuno had a good straight sets win against Ymer (7-5 6-4). During the match Borges scored 74 points vs Ymer’s 55. The Portuguese was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Borges struck 3 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Nuno Borges was quite effective on serve to win 79% (30/38) of his 1st serve and 84% (16/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Portuguese broke Ymer twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Borges started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Nuno’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Antalya,the Oeiras 2 Challenger and M15 Majadahonda.
The Portuguese has an aggregate 38-17 win-loss record in 2021, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Verdasco | Borges |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 43 | 45 |
| Pts | 157-118 | 166-138 |
| Total Points | 275 | 304 |
| Winners | 59 | 64 |
| %Winners | 38% | 39% |
Both Verdasco and Borges played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Fernando Verdasco lost 1 set, while Nuno Borges surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Verdasco and Borges have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Verdasco played 2 games less than Borges. Fernando scored 59 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Borges scored 64 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Verdasco | Borges |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 7.5 | 5.5 |
| 1st in | 82/144 | 90/142 |
| %1st in | 57% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 59/82 | 64/90 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 33/62 | 32/52 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 62% |
Verdasco blasted 15 aces (7.5 per match). Borges managed to score 11 aces (5.5 per match). Verdasco won 72% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Borges won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Verdasco | Borges |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 7 |
| Converted | 12/19 | 7/17 |
| % Converted | 63% | 41% |
| Conceded | 11 | 14 |
| Saved | 7 | 11 |
| % Saved | 64% | 79% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
Fernando broke his opponents 12 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. Borges broke his opponents 7 times with a 41% conversion rate. The Portuguese conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded.
| Verdasco | ||||
| R1 Marco Moroni |
R2 Giustino |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 5-7 6-2 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 16 | 43 | |
| pts | 98-83 | 59-35 | 157-118 | |
| Total points | 181 | 94 | 275 | |
| Winners | 34 | 25 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 42% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 6 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 52/100 | 30/44 | 82/144 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 68% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 34/52 | 25/30 | 59/82 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 83% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/48 | 10/14 | 33/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 71% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
| Converted | 8/10 | 4/9 | 12/19 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 44% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 0 | 11 | |
| Saved | 7/11 | 0/0 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 64% | – | 32% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Borges | ||||
| R1 Coppejans |
R2 Ymer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-2 6-2 | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 22 | 45 | |
| pts | 92-83 | 74-55 | 166-138 | |
| Total points | 175 | 129 | 304 | |
| Winners | 34 | 30 | 64 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 41% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 3 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 52/85 | 38/57 | 90/142 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 67% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 34/52 | 30/38 | 64/90 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 79% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/33 | 16/19 | 32/52 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 84% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 2/7 | 7/17 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 29% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 2 | 14 | |
| Saved | 9/12 | 2/2 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 100% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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