Nuno Borges overcomes Shelton in the 1st round. HIGHLIGHTS – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Borges conquers Shelton to face Yibing Wu in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Ben Shelton

Nuno Borges beats Ben Shelton 7-6(6) 3-6 7-6(5) 6-7(8) 6-3 in the 1st round in New York on Monday. Borges will have to play Yibing Wu in the 2nd round. The epic lasted 4 hours and 2 minutes.

Borges
New York
Borges's Record

Borges added to his prize money $ 41,000 after winning this match. He has won already $ 121,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Nuno will add $ 67,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 188,000 in total.

Highlights Nuno Borges vs. Ben Shelton U.S. Open – New York

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Borges
Shelton
Nuno Borges
7-66 3-6 7-65
6-78 6-3
4h:02
Ben Shelton
191
191
Total points
176
176
88
88
Winners
90
90
46%
46%
Ratio Winners
51%
51%
42
42
Unforced
69
69
38%
38%
Ratio Unforced
62%
62%
25/35
25/35
Net Approaches
14/24
14/24
71%
71%
Perc
58%
58%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
22
22
4
4
Double Faults
7
7
68%
68%
1st in
61%
61%
74%
74%
1st won
78%
78%
88/119
88/119
1st won
90/116
90/116
63%
63%
2nd won
45%
45%
36/57
36/57
2nd won
34/75
34/75
197
197
Fastest serve
223
223
172
172
AVG 1st Serve
190
190
146
146
AVG 2nd Serve
162
162
-- Break Points --
2/6
2/6
Total
2/4
2/4
33%
33%
Won
50%
50%
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At the end of the match, the Portuguese scored 191 points vs. Ben’s 176.

Borges

Nuno won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points since he converted only 33% (2/6) of the procured opportunities.

Shelton

On the other side, the American was pretty good at converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (2/4). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Borges and Shelton is 1-0 for Nuno.

Draw and next match H2H: Nuno Borges vs. Yibing Wu – stats

Borges will compete against Wu in the 2nd round.

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

Nuno Borges Draw info

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1st Set -
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BorgesShelton
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Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Finally, the Portuguese won a thrilling breaker 8-6 after a huge fight with 14 points played.

Tiebreak

Borges won 2 minibreaks in the 6th (4-2) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Ben won a minibreak in the 9th (4-5) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6

Borges wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 12th game (6-5 30-40). The Portuguese saved 1 set point when he was trailing 5-6. On the other side, the Portuguese didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 80 points. Borges was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than Shelton (43-37). Nuno lost 7 points on serve (31-7). On the other side, Ben conceded 12 points on serve (30-12).

2nd Set -
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The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Shelton grabbed in the 8th game (5-3) before finally winning the set (6-3).

Nuno lost the 8th game (5-3) when he was 40-0 up.

Shelton was on the money in converting all his break points in the 6th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 40-A). On the other side, Shelton didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 59 points. Ben conquered the set after winning 9 more points than the Portuguese (34-25). Shelton dropped 7 points on serve (20-7). On the other side, the Portuguese conceded 14 points on serve (18-14).

3rd Set -
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The Portuguese won the set after he broke Shelton in the 4th (3-1) game. Ben tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Nevertheless, the Portuguese kept the focus to eventually clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 5.

Tiebreak

The Portuguese won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 3rd (2-1), 7th (4-3), 10th (6-4) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, the American won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (2-2) and 9th (4-5) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5

They contested 85 points. The Portuguese conquered the set after winning 5 points more than Shelton (45-40). The Portuguese dropped 16 points on serve (26-16). In addition, on the other side, Ben conceded 19 points on serve (24-19).

4th Set -
Borges

The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Eventually, Ben won a thrilling breaker 10-8 after a huge fight with 18 points played.

Tiebreak

Shelton won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 6th (4-2), 10th (6-4), 14th (7-7) and 18th (10-8) point. On the other side, Nuno won 5 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 8th (3-5), 9th (4-5), 12th (6-6) and 16th (8-8) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 7-8, 8-8, 9-8, 10-8

They played 89 points. It’s worth to point out that, The American won this set even if he scored less points 5 than Nuno (42-47). Shelton conceded 18 points on serve (34-18). On the losing side, Borges conceded 8 points on serve (29-8).

5th Set -
Shelton 0-0

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Borges conquered in the 4th game (3-1) before finally winning the set (6-3).

Ben capitulated the 4th game (3-1) when he had 3 consecutive game points when leading 40-0.

Nuno converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, Nuno didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 53 points. Nuno was the one to win the set after conquering 11 more points than Shelton (32-21). The Portuguese lost 5 points on serve (20-5). On the losing side, Shelton conceded 12 points on serve (16-12).

 

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