Carlos Alcaraz exterminates Nuno Borges 6-3 6-1 in the 2nd round in Barcelona on Tuesday after playing a marvellous match to fight against Roberto Bautista Agut in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 3 minutes. The Spaniard won this tournament once in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
Highlights Carlos Alcaraz vs. Nuno Borges Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell – Barcelona
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Carlos scored 56 points vs. Borges’s 34.
Alcaraz
Alcaraz served very well to win 76% of the points (16/21) behind his first serve, and he won 68% points (15/22) on his second serve. The Spaniard was pretty focused in converting 71% of the break points that he conquered (5/7).
Borges
On the other side, Borges was effective when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (1/2). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Alcaraz and Borges is 1-0 for Carlos.
Draw and next match H2H: Carlos Alcaraz vs. Roberto Bautista Agut – stats
Alcaraz will face Bautista Agut in the 3rd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Carlos Alcaraz and Roberto Bautista Agut face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Alcaraz (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Carlos won the set after he broke Borges 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game. Nuno tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (5-3) game. However, Alcaraz kept the situation under control to conquer the set 6-3.
Carlos failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 15.
A crucial moment of this set was when Alcaraz won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to bring the game count from 0-1 to 5-1.
The Spaniard converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40), the 5th (3-1 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Portuguese was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (2-5 30-40).
They played 53 points. The Spaniard won 11 more points than Borges (32-21). Alcaraz conceded 9 points on serve (18-9). On the other side, the Portuguese conceded 14 points on serve (12-14).
Alcaraz started the set in the best possible way after breaking Nuno Borges in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. The Spaniard managed to boost his lead after breaking the Portuguese in the 6th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).
Carlos converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Borges wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5th game (1-3 30-40).
They played 37 points. Alcaraz conquered the set after winning 11 points more than the Portuguese (24-13). Alcaraz was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (13-3). Regarding the other side of the net, Nuno conceded 11 points on serve (10-11).
Tennis Scores in Barcelona
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-4 6-73 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Ben SheltonShelton (6-2 7-61) – Stats and score progression
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