Leo Borg upsets Elias Ymer 7-6(5) 6-3 in the 1st round in Bastad on Tuesday in what was an all-Swede affair. Borg is going to play against Federico Coria in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 44 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this competition. Previously, the best he could do was reach the qualifications in 2021 and 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
Leo added to his prize money € 3,845 after winning this match. He has already won € 9,880 after this win. If he wins the next match, Leo will add € 7,130 to his earnings to get in total € 17,010 in total.
Highlights Leo Borg vs. Elias Ymer Nordea Open – Bastad
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Borg scored 77 points vs. Ymer’s 63.
Borg
Borg served pretty well to win 81% of the points (34/42) behind his first serve, and he won 57% points (13/23) on his second serve. Leo won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points as he converted only 40% (2/5) of the procured opportunities.
Ymer
On the other side, Elias was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Borg and Ymer is 1-0 for Leo.
Draw and next match H2H: Leo Borg vs. Federico Coria – stats
Borg will compete against Coria in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Leo Borg and Federico Coria since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Leo won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 6th (2-4) game, Leo broke back in the 7th (3-4) game to conquer the set 7-6.
Leo converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (2-4 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, Ymer converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 30-40).
They played 102 points. Borg was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than Ymer (53-49). Borg dropped 20 points on serve (33-20). on the other side of the net, Elias conceded 20 points on serve (29-20).
Borg didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Elias Ymer in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That was sufficient for Leo to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks anymore.
Borg converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Borg didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 39 points. Borg won 9 points more than Elias (24-15). Leo was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (16-2). on the other side of the net, Elias conceded 8 points on serve (13-8).
Tennis Scores in Bastad
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Hugo DellienDellien (6-3 7-63) – Stats and score progression
- Federico CoriaCoria – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-4 4-6 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (6-4 2-6 7-60) – Stats and score progression
- Filip MisolicMisolic – Dusan LajovicLajovic (7-64 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (4-6 6-1 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Pavel KotovKotov – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Leo BorgBorg – Elias YmerYmer (7-65 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Alex MolcanMolcan (6-4 3-6 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Dragos Nicolae MadarasNicolae Madaras (7-62 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (5-7 6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Federico CoriaCoria – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Sebastian OfnerOfner (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Casper RuudRuud – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Pavel KotovKotov – Andrey RublevRublev (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Filip MisolicMisolic – Jozef KovalikKovalik (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – (1-0) – H2H details and stats