Gritty Nuno Borges survives Passaro in the 3rd round to set up a battle vs Zverev or Darderi at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia. HIGHLIGHTS – ROME RESULTS

INTERNAZIONALI BNL D'ITALIA - ROME RESULTS. Borges survives Passaro to play Alexander Zverev or Luciano Darderi in the 4th round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Francesco Passaro

Nuno Borges outlasts Francesco Passaro 4-6 7-6(8) 7-6(4) in the 3rd round in Rome on Sunday after winning a huge battle. Borges will clash against Alexander Zverev or Luciano Darderi in the 4th round. The epic lasted 3 hours and 7 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.

Borges
Rome
Borges's Record

Borges added to his prize money € 36,775 after winning this match. He has already won € 88,440 after this win. If he wins the next match, Nuno will add € 73,555 to his earnings to get in total € 161,995 in total.

Highlights Nuno Borges vs. Francesco Passaro Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Borges
Passaro
Nuno Borges
4-6 7-68 7-64
3h:07
Francesco Passaro
126
126
Total points
116
116
52
52
Winners
57
57
41%
41%
Ratio Winners
49%
49%
-- Serve --
9
9
Aces
12
12
3
3
Double Faults
5
5
58%
58%
1st in
57%
57%
81%
81%
1st won
76%
76%
52/64
52/64
1st won
57/75
57/75
60%
60%
2nd won
50%
50%
28/47
28/47
2nd won
28/56
28/56
-- Break Points --
1/7
1/7
Total
2/6
2/6
14%
14%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, the Portuguese scored 126 points vs. the Italian’s 116.

Borges

Borges served extremely well to win 81% of the points (52/64) behind his first serve, and he won 60% points (28/47) on his second serve. Borges won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points since he converted only 14% (1/7) of the procured opportunities.

Passaro

On the other side, the Italian had a tough time converting his break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Borges and Passaro is 1-0 for Nuno.

Draw and next match H2H: Nuno Borges vs. Alexander Zverev or Luciano Darderi – stats

Borges will play either Alexander Zverev or Luciano Darderi in the 4th round. The head to head is 0-0 vs. Alexander Zverev and 1-0 vs. Luciano Darderi.Nuno Borges Draw info

1st
Borges
Passaro
4-6
4
6
4
5
4
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
2nd
Borges
Passaro
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
3rd
Borges
Passaro
7-6
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
 

Tennis Scores in Rome

  • Taylor FritzFritz – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-3 6-4)
  • Nuno BorgesBorges – Francesco PassaroPassaro (4-6 7-68 7-64)
  • Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-2 4-6 7-66)
  • Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-2 6-4)
  • Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (6-2 6-3)
  • Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Terence AtmaneAtmane (7-63 6-3)

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