Nuno Borges and Otto Virtanen will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Bergamo Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 6:30 pm on PALAINTRED. 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nuno Borges is the pick to win this match.
Nuno Borges -> 1.65
Otto Virtanen -> 2.18

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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Otto Virtanen

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

Nuno Borges

Ranked no. 96, Borges reached the semifinal after beating Jozef Kovalik 7-5 6-3, Dennis Novak 6-3 4-2 ret. and Andrea Vavassori 6-4 6-4.

In the quarter, Borges had a good straight sets win against Vavassori (6-4 6-4). During the match, Borges scored 65 points vs Vavassori’s 52. The Portuguese was pretty aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Talking about the service games, Borges scored just 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Nuno Borges conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 5 break points. Furthermore, Borges put 77% of his first serves in, winning 86% (38/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (6/13) on the 2nd serve. Borges was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Vavassori twice.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Borges hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Borges has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 73% of his matches (209-78). 11-4 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Borges has a compiled13-6 match record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.

Nuno’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Roseto Degli Abruzzi 1 Challenger and the Barletta Challenger.

The Portuguese has an overall 45-23 win-loss record in 2022, 11-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Bergamo Challenger

Borges has never competed in this tournament before.

Otto Virtanen

Ranked no. 265, Otto reached the semifinal after beating Henri Squire 6-4 7-6⁴, Antoine Bellier 7-6⁴ 6-2, Manuel Guinard 6-4 7-5, Zhizhen Zhang 6-4 7-6⁷ and Dominic Stephan Stricker 6-4 7-6⁵.

In the quarter, Otto had a good straight sets win against Stephan Stricker (6-4 7-6⁵). During the match Virtanen scored 89 points vs Stephan Stricker’s 72. Virtanen was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.

About the serving games, Virtanen blasted 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Otto Virtanen was pretty efficient on serve to win 78% (35/45) of his 1st serve and 64% (16/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Finn broke Stephan Stricker twice after converting 17% of his break points (2/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Virtanen started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Otto’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Vilnius and M15 Kouvola.

Virtanen has an overall 40-29 win-loss record in 2022, 19-11 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Borges	Virtanen
Match played	3	5
Tot Set	7	10
Tot Games	56	112
Pts	190-141	396-339
Total Points	331	735
Winners	94	177
%Winners	49%	45%

Borges played 3 matches while Virtanen competed in 5 matches. Virtanen started his run from the qualifications while Borges had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Borges has played 3 set(s) less than Virtanen (7 vs 10). Therefore, Borges played 56 games less than Virtanen. Borges scored 94 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, The Finn recorded 177 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Borges	Virtanen
Aces	15	59
Avg per match	5	11.8
1st in	116/154	229/358
%1st in	75%	64%
1st pts	94/116	177/229
%1st pts	81%	77%
2nd pts	20/38	74/129
%2nd pts	53%	57%

Borges scored 15 aces (5 per match). Virtanen made 59 aces (11.8 per match). Borges won 81% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Virtanen won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Borges	Virtanen
Won	10	12
Converted	10/22	12/36
% Converted	45%	33%
Conceded	14	25
Saved	11	20
% Saved	79%	80%
Times Broken	3	5

The Portuguese broke his opponents 10 times with a 45% conversion rate. Nuno lost his serve 3 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded. The Finn broke his opponents 12 times with a 33% conversion rate. Otto conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.

Borges
	R1 Kovalik	R2 Novak	1/4 Vavassori	Total
Score	7-5 6-3	6-3 4-2 ret.	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	21	15	20	56
pts	73-59	52-30	65-52	190-141
Total points	132	82	117	331
Winners	38	18	38	94
%Winners	52%	35%	58%	49%
SERVE
Aces	13	1	1	15
Double Faults	0	1	2	3
1st in	46/61	26/36	44/57	116/154
% 1st in	75%	72%	77%	75%
1st pts	38/46	18/26	38/44	94/116
% 1st pts	83%	69%	86%	81%
2nd pts	7/15	7/10	6/13	20/38
% 2nd pts	47%	70%	46%	53%
Breaks
Won	3	5	2	10
Converted	3/9	5/11	2/2	10/22
Converted %	33%	45%	100%	45%
Conceded	5	4	5	14
Saved	4/5	2/4	5/5	11
Saved %	80%	50%	100%	77%
Times Broken	1	2	0	3

Virtanen
	Q1 Squire	Q3 Bellier	R1 Guinard	R2 Zhang	1/4 Stephan	Total
Score	6-4 7-64	7-64 6-2	6-4 7-5	6-4 7-67	6-4 7-65
Tot Set	2	2	2	2	2	10
Tot Games	23	21	22	23	23	112
pts	74-63	73-57	79-69	81-78	89-72	396-339
Total points	137	130	148	159	161	735
Winners	36	39	31	36	35	177
%Winners	49%	53%	39%	44%	39%	45%
SERVE
Aces	14	15	8	15	7	59
Double Faults	2	2	2	0	2	8
1st in	43/67	45/62	42/74	54/85	45/70	229/358
% 1st in	64%	73%	57%	64%	64%	64%
1st pts	36/43	39/45	31/42	36/54	35/45	177/229
% 1st pts	84%	87%	74%	67%	78%	77%
2nd pts	12/24	9/17	17/32	20/31	16/25	74/129
% 2nd pts	50%	53%	53%	65%	64%	57%
Breaks
Won	2	2	3	3	2	12
Converted	2/4	2/6	3/9	3/5	2/12	12/36
Converted %	50%	33%	33%	60%	17%	33%
Conceded	4	3	7	7	4	25
Saved	3/4	3/3	6/7	5/7	3/4	20
Saved %	75%	100%	86%	71%	75%	136%
Times Broken	1	0	1	2	1	5

Tennis Scores in Bergamo Challenger

• Nuno BorgesBorges – Andrea VavassoriVavassori (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Dominic Stephan StrickerStephan Stricker (6-4 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Jurij RodionovRodionov – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (4-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (4-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Jurij RodionovRodionov – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-0) – H2H and prediction