Nuno Borges outlasts Pedro Martinez Portero 6-7(3) 6-4 7-6(8) in the 1st round in Rome on Wednesday after conquering a huge battle. Borges will have to play Alexander Bublik in the 2nd round. The epic lasted 3 hours and 38 minutes. This run will match his best achievement in this tournament. Here you can see his history at this event.
Borges added to his prize money € 9,895 after winning this match. He has already won € 30,255 after this win. If he wins the next match, Nuno will add € 21,410 to his earnings to get in total € 51,665 in total.
Highlights Nuno Borges vs. Pedro Martinez Portero Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Nuno scored 135 points vs. the Spaniard’s 126.
Borges
The Portuguese won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points after he converted only 30% (3/10) of the procured opportunities.
Martinez Portero
On the other side, Pedro had a tough time converting his break points (only 17% – 2/12). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Borges and Martinez Portero is 2-0 for Nuno.
Draw and next match H2H: Nuno Borges vs. Alexander Bublik – stats
Borges will face Bublik in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Nuno Borges and Alexander Bublik since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Martinez Portero won the set after he broke the Portuguese .
Pedro was on the money in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). In addition on the other side, Nuno was flawless in converting all his break points in the 3rd game (1-1 40-A and 40-A).
They played 94 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Spaniard won this set even if he scored less points 2 than the Portuguese (46-48). The Spaniard conceded 14 points on serve (29-14). In addition, on the other side, Nuno conceded 17 points on serve (34-17).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Borges snatched in the 10th game (6-4) before ultimately winning the set (6-4).
Borges failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 30.
Borges converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 8th (4-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40). On the other side, Borges didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 61 points. The Portuguese won 7 points more than the Spaniard (34-27). Nuno dropped 9 points on serve (23-9). On the other side, Martinez Portero conceded 11 points on serve (18-11).
The Portuguese won the set after he broke the Spaniard in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game. The Spaniard tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game. Nonetheless, Borges maintained the focus to ultimately clinch the set at the following breaker at 8.
Nuno failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 40.
Tiebreak
Borges won 5 minibreaks in the 6th (2-4), 10th (5-5), 11th (6-5), 14th (7-7) and 18th (10-8) point. On the other side, Martinez Portero won 4 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 5th (4-1), 12th (6-6) and 13th (7-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 2-4, 2-5, 3-5, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 7-8, 8-8, 9-8, 10-8
Nuno converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (3-2 15-40) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40 and 40-A). The Portuguese saved 5 set points when he was 2-5, 3-5, 4-5, 6-7 and 7-8 down. Moreover, on the other side, the Spaniard converted 22% of his break points (2/9). He had his opportunities in the 5th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (2-4 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (3-5 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 106 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Borges won just 2 more points than Martinez Portero (54-52). Borges dropped 23 points on serve (29-23). On the losing side, Pedro conceded 25 points on serve (29-25).
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