Nuno Borges and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo will play each other in the quarter of the Maia 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12:55 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nuno Borges who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nuno Borges is the pick to win this match.
Nuno Borges -> 1.22
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo -> 4.3
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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
There is no head to head record between Nuno Borges and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Nuno Borges
Ranked no. 210 (career-high), Nuno reached the quarter after beating Riccardo Bonadio 7-68 6-2 and Edoardo Lavagno 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Nuno had a good straight sets win against Lavagno (6-3 6-2). During the match, Borges scored 66 points vs Lavagno’s 48. The Portuguese was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Borges recorded 2 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Nuno Borges lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Borges put 65% of his first serves in, winning 63% (26/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the 2nd serve. Borges broke Lavagno 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nuno started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Borges has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 75% of his matches (154-51). 44-16 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Borges has an overall67-25 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
Nuno’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Antalya,the Oeiras 2 Challenger,M15 Majadahonda and the Antalya 3 Challenger.
Nuno has a composed 50-20 win-loss record in 2021, 44-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Maia 2 Challenger
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
Ranked no. 316, the Spaniard reached the quarter after defeating Javier Barranco Cosano 6-4 4-6 6-4 and Gastao Elias 6-1 6-75 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Spaniard defeated Elias (6-1 6-75 6-3). During the match Sanchez-Izquierdo scored 96 points vs Elias’s 73. The Spaniard was very aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about serving, Sanchez-Izquierdo scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo was extremely efficient on serve to win 75% (44/59) of his 1st serve and 53% (16/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Sanchez-Izquierdo broke Elias 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sanchez-Izquierdo started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Nikolas’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 La Nucia and M25 Prostejov.
Nikolas has an aggregate 40-31 win-loss record in 2021, 39-27 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Borges | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 38 | 59 |
| Pts | 153-118 | 193-166 |
| Total Points | 271 | 359 |
| Winners | 58 | 84 |
| %Winners | 38% | 44% |
Both Borges and Sanchez-Izquierdo played 2 matches. At the moment, Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo dropped 2 sets while Nuno Borges hasn’t lost a set so far. Borges has played 2 set(s) less than Sanchez-Izquierdo (4 vs 6). Therefore, Borges played 21 games less than Sanchez-Izquierdo. The Portuguese scored 58 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard recorded 84 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Borges | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 3.5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 85/132 | 124/188 |
| %1st in | 64% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 58/85 | 84/124 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 24/47 | 29/64 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 45% |
Borges scored 7 aces (3.5 per match). Sanchez-Izquierdo bagged 4 aces (2 per match). Borges won 68% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Sanchez-Izquierdo won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Borges | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 12 |
| Converted | 9/21 | 12/27 |
| % Converted | 43% | 44% |
| Conceded | 11 | 21 |
| Saved | 7 | 13 |
| % Saved | 64% | 62% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 8 |
Borges broke his opponents 9 times with a 43% conversion rate. Nuno conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponents 12 times with a 44% conversion rate. Sanchez-Izquierdo conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded.
| Borges | ||||
| R1 Bonadio |
R2 Lavagno |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-68 6-2 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 17 | 38 | |
| pts | 87-70 | 66-48 | 153-118 | |
| Total points | 157 | 114 | 271 | |
| Winners | 32 | 26 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 39% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 44/69 | 41/63 | 85/132 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 65% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 32/44 | 26/41 | 58/85 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 63% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 12/22 | 24/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 55% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 5/10 | 9/21 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 50% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 5/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 71% | 61% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Sanchez-Izquierdo | ||||
| R1 Barranco |
R2 Elias |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 6-4 | 6-1 6-75 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 29 | 59 | |
| pts | 97-93 | 96-73 | 193-166 | |
| Total points | 190 | 169 | 359 | |
| Winners | 40 | 44 | 84 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 46% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 3 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 65/99 | 59/89 | 124/188 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 40/65 | 44/59 | 84/124 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 75% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/34 | 16/30 | 29/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 53% | 45% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 7/18 | 5/9 | 12/27 | |
| Converted % | 39% | 56% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 6 | 21 | |
| Saved | 9/15 | 4/6 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 67% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
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