Nuno Borges and Alibek Kachmazov will face off in the 2nd round of the Segovia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:45 pm on PISTA PEDRO MUÑOZ. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.181
Alibek Kachmazov -> 4.85
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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Alibek Kachmazov
There is no head to head record between Nuno Borges and Alibek Kachmazov since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Nuno Borges
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-26 | 20-12 | 13-7 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-26 | 20-11 | 8-7 | 6-4 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 49-26 | 7-5 | 28-13 | 11-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 52-21 | 6-4 | 46-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 31-7 | 29-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 115, Borges reached the 2nd round after defeating Mirza Basic 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, Borges had a good straight sets win against Basic (6-3 6-3). During the match, Borges scored 59 points vs Basic’s 48. Borges was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Borges bagged 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Nuno Borges was exceptionally effective on serve to win 77% (27/35) of his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Borges broke Basic 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Borges has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 73% of his matches (194-71). 1-2 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Borges has a compiled90-26 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
Borges’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Roseto Degli Abruzzi 1 Challenger and the Barletta Challenger.
The Portuguese has an overall 30-16 win-loss record in 2022, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Segovia Challenger
Nuno has never competed in this tournament before.
Alibek Kachmazov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-28 | 17-13 | 6-6 | 14-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 49-31 | 24-14 | 9-6 | 14-10 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 49-21 | 18-11 | 9-5 | 22-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-20 | 6-8 | 3-6 | 27-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-11 | 8-9 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 345, Alibek got to the 2nd round after defeating Pablo Carretero 6-1 6-4, Inaki Montes-De La Torre 7-5 3-0 ret. and Denis Istomin 0-6 6-4 7-64.
In the 1st round against Istomin, The Russian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (0-6 6-4 7-64).During the match Kachmazov scored less points (8) than Istomin. In fact, the world no. 115 won 85 points vs Istomin’s. That means that Kachmazov was more focused during the important points. Alibek was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.
About the serving games, Kachmazov struck 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Alibek Kachmazov lost the serve 5 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kachmazov put 56% of his first serves in, winning 70% (37/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (19/42) on the 2nd serve. Alibek broke Istomin 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Kachmazov’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Kazan,Sultan,M15 Sharm ElSheikh and M15 Shymkent.
The Russian has an overall 35-11 win-loss record in 2022, 16-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Borges | Kachmazov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 61 |
| Pts | 59-48 | 200-172 |
| Total Points | 107 | 372 |
| Winners | 27 | 76 |
| %Winners | 46% | 38% |
Borges played 1 match while Kachmazov competed in 3 matches. Kachmazov started his run from the qualifications while Borges had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Alibek Kachmazov surrendered 1 set while Nuno Borges hasn’t conceded a set so far. Borges has played 6 set(s) less than Kachmazov (2 vs 8). Therefore, Borges played 43 games less than Kachmazov. Borges scored 27 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Alibek made 76 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Borges | Kachmazov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 3.7 |
| 1st in | 35/54 | 105/201 |
| %1st in | 65% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 27/35 | 76/105 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 47/96 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 49% |
Borges fired 7 aces . Kachmazov blasted 11 aces (3.7 per match). Borges won 77% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Kachmazov won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Borges | Kachmazov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 12 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 12/18 |
| % Converted | 60% | 67% |
| Conceded | 1 | 17 |
| Saved | 1 | 8 |
| % Saved | 100% | 47% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 9 |
Nuno broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Portuguese pretty solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 1 break points. Kachmazov broke his opponents 12 times with a 67% conversion rate. Alibek conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 47% of the break points that he conceded.
| Borges | |||
| R1 Basic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 59-48 | 59-48 | |
| Total points | 107 | 107 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 35/54 | 35/54 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 27/35 | 27/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 11/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kachmazov | |||||
| Q1 Carretero |
Q3 Montes-De La Torre |
R1 Istomin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 7-5 3-0 ret. | 0-6 6-4 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 15 | 29 | 61 | |
| pts | 58-35 | 57-44 | 85-93 | 200-172 | |
| Total points | 93 | 101 | 178 | 372 | |
| Winners | 21 | 18 | 37 | 76 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 32% | 44% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 26/47 | 26/59 | 53/95 | 105/201 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 44% | 56% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 21/26 | 18/26 | 37/53 | 76/105 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 69% | 70% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 16/33 | 19/42 | 47/96 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 48% | 45% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 4/5 | 3/5 | 12/18 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 80% | 60% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 5/7 | 3/8 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 71% | 38% | 109% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | |
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