Nuno Borges and Alexandre Muller will face off in the 2^nd round of the Lyon Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on COURT SOPRA STERIA. 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 Nuno Borges who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nuno Borges is the pick to win this match.
Nuno Borges -> 1.28
Alexandre Muller -> 3.68

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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Alexandre Muller

There is no head to head record between Nuno Borges and Alexandre Muller since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Nuno Borges

Ranked no. 130, Nuno reached the 2^nd round after beating Gonzalo Lama 6-4 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Portuguese had a good straight sets win against Lama (6-4 6-4). During the match, Borges scored 69 points vs Lama’s 53. Borges was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about the service games, Borges bagged 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Nuno Borges was extremely effective on serve to win 94% (31/33) of his 1st serve and 53% (10/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Portuguese broke Lama twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).

Borges has a fantastic record in the last 8 years having won 75% of his matches (190-65). 21-8 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Borges has an overall94-37 match record in the last 8 years on clay.

The Portuguese’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Roseto Degli Abruzzi 1 Challenger and the Barletta Challenger.

Nuno has an overall 26-10 win-loss record in 2022, 21-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lyon Challenger

Nuno has never competed in this tournament before.

Alexandre Muller

Ranked no. 224, Muller got to the 2^nd round after beating Facundo Diaz Acosta 7-6⁵ 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Muller had a good straight sets win against Diaz Acosta (7-6⁵ 6-3). During the match Muller scored 74 points vs Diaz Acosta’s 66. Alexandre was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.

About the serving games, Muller blasted 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Alexandre Muller lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Muller put 66% of his first serves in, winning 69% (33/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the 2nd serve. Alexandre broke Diaz Acosta twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

The French player best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Bengalaru 1 Challenger.

Muller has a compiled 16-17 win-loss record in 2022, 6-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lyon Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2018. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Borges	Muller
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	22
Pts	69-53	74-66
Total Points	122	140
Winners	31	33
%Winners	45%	45%

Both Borges and Muller played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Borges and Muller have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Borges played 2 games less than Muller. Borges scored 31 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Muller managed to score 33 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Borges	Muller
Aces	9	3
Avg per match	9	3
1st in	33/52	48/73
%1st in	63%	66%
1st pts	31/33	33/48
%1st pts	94%	69%
2nd pts	10/19	15/25
%2nd pts	53%	60%

Borges struck 9 aces . Muller managed to score 3 aces . Borges won 94% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Muller won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Borges	Muller
Won	2	2
Converted	2/8	2/3
% Converted	25%	67%
Conceded	2	6
Saved	2	5
% Saved	100%	83%
Times Broken	0	1

Nuno broke his opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. The Portuguese extremely effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 2 break points. Muller broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.

Borges
	R1 Lama	Total
Score	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	69-53	69-53
Total points	122	122
Winners	31	31
%Winners	45%	45%
SERVE
Aces	9	9
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	33/52	33/52
% 1st in	63%	63%
1st pts	31/33	31/33
% 1st pts	94%	94%
2nd pts	10/19	10/19
% 2nd pts	53%	53%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/8	2/8
Converted %	25%	25%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	2/2	2
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Muller
	R1 Diaz	Total
Score	7-65 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	22
pts	74-66	74-66
Total points	140	140
Winners	33	33
%Winners	45%	45%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	48/73	48/73
% 1st in	66%	66%
1st pts	33/48	33/48
% 1st pts	69%	69%
2nd pts	15/25	15/25
% 2nd pts	60%	60%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/3	2/3
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	5/6	5
Saved %	83%	83%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Lyon Challenger

• Andrea CollariniCollarini – Jelle SelsSels (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Manuel GuinardGuinard – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Arthur FilsFils – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (7-6⁵ 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Corentin MoutetMoutet – Alexander RitschardRitschard (6-2 7-6³) – See score progression
• Evan FurnessFurness – Juncheng ShangShang (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexey VatutinVatutin – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Federico CoriaCoria – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Gabriel DecampsDecamps – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Ivan GakhovGakhov – Luca Van AsscheVan Assche (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Hugo GrenierGrenier – Hugo DellienDellien (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Pedro CachinCachin – Kyrian JacquetJacquet (7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexandre MullerMuller – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (7-6⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Gonzalo LamaLama (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Richard GasquetGasquet – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-4 4-6 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Andrea CollariniCollarini – Richard GasquetGasquet (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Federico CoriaCoria – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian OfnerOfner – Pablo AndujarAndujar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Hugo GrenierGrenier – Ivan GakhovGakhov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Manuel GuinardGuinard (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Alexandre MullerMuller (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Gabriel DecampsDecamps – Alexey VatutinVatutin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Evan FurnessFurness – Corentin MoutetMoutet (0-0) – H2H and prediction