Nuno Borges overcomes Stan Wawrinka 3-6 7-5 6-2 in the 1st round in Bucharest on Tuesday. Borges is going to play against Corentin Moutet in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 9 minutes.
The Portuguese added to his prize money € 3,950 after conquering this match. He has already won € 10,165 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Portuguese will add € 7,345 to his earnings to get in total € 17,510 in total.
Highlights Nuno Borges vs. Stan Wawrinka Bucharest Open – Bucharest
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Nuno scored 91 points vs. the Swiss’s 81.
Borges
Nuno served exceptionally well to win 82% of the points (40/49) behind his first serve, and he won 58% points (22/38) on his second serve. Borges was sharp when converting 60% of the break points that he conquered (3/5).
Wawrinka
On the other side, Stan was struggling when converting his break points (only 14% – 1/7). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Borges and Wawrinka is 1-0 for Nuno.
Draw and next match H2H: Nuno Borges vs. Corentin Moutet – stats
Borges will come up against Moutet in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Nuno Borges and Corentin Moutet since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Stan conquered in the 6th game (4-2) prior to finally conquering the set (6-3).
Wawrinka was flawless in converting all his break points in the 6th game (3-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Wawrinka didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 62 points. The Swiss won 6 points more than the Portuguese (34-28). Stan conceded 6 points on serve (20-6). In addition, on the other side, the Portuguese conceded 14 points on serve (22-14).
Similarly to the 1st set, both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Portuguese clinched in the 12th game (7-5) just before ultimately winning the set (7-5).
Borges failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 40.
The Portuguese was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Wawrinka was unable to convert any of his 5 break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 9th (4-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 13th game (4-7 40-A).
They contested 74 points. Nuno won 4 more points than the Swiss (39-35). The Portuguese dropped 10 points on serve (28-10). In addition, on the other side, Stan conceded 11 points on serve (25-11).
The Portuguese in this set played much better tennis than Wawrinka and without too much hustling he won 6-2 after breaking the Swiss in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Wawrinka was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-2 to 6-2.
The Portuguese converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40). On the other side, the Portuguese didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 36 points. Borges was the one to win the set after conquering 12 more points than Wawrinka (24-12). Borges was flawless on serve to concede only 1 point during his serving games (12-1). on the other side of the court, the Swiss conceded 12 points on serve (11-12).
Tennis Scores in Bucharest
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Valentin VacherotVacherot (7-68 6-2)
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (3-6 7-5 6-2)
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Carlos TabernerTaberner (6-1 3-6 6-3)
- Joao FonsecaFonseca – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (7-65 7-5)
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-4 6-2)
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (7-64 4-6 6-1)
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – David GoffinGoffin (6-4 3-6 6-3)
- Federico CoriaCoria – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-4 6-2)
- Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Luca NardiNardi (6-3 6-75 7-62)
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Hugo GastonGaston (6-76 6-4 7-5)
- Mariano NavoneNavone – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-2 6-3)
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