Alexander Zverev downs Nuno Borges 6-2 7-5 in the 4th round in Rome on Tuesday. Zverev will face off with Taylor Fritz in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 26 minutes. Zverev won this tournament once in 2017. Here you can see his history at this event.
Alexander added to his prize money € 73,555 after winning this match. He has already won € 161,995 after this win. If he wins the next match, Zverev will add € 122,595 to his earnings to get in total € 284,590 in total.
Highlights Alexander Zverev vs. Nuno Borges Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Zverev scored 65 points vs. Borges’s 47.
Zverev
The German served pretty well to win 82% of the points (31/38) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (8/16) on his second serve. Zverev was pretty effective at converting 80% of the break points that he procured (4/5).
Borges
On the other side, Nuno was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (1/2). Yet, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this contest, the head to head between Zverev and Borges is 1-0 for Alexander.
Draw and next match H2H: Alexander Zverev vs. Taylor Fritz – stats
Zverev will fight against Fritz in the quarter.
This will be the 8th time that Alexander Zverev and Taylor Fritz clash against each other. The head to head is 4-3 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Zverev won 6-4 6-2 in the 2nd round in Washington back in 2016.
Live score progression and stats
Zverev had a strong start of this set after breaking Nuno Borges in the 1st game (1-0). However, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the German to win the set since the Portuguese found the way to break back in the 4th (2-2) game. Zverev kept his cool to break Nuno in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).
Nuno couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 2-2 to 6-2.
Alexander converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 5th (2-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). On the other side, Nuno was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (1-2 30-40).
They played 50 points. The German conquered the set after winning 8 more points than Borges (29-21). Zverev dropped 8 points on serve (14-8). On the losing side, Borges conceded 15 points on serve (13-15).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the German grabbed in the 11th game (6-5) just before eventually winning the set (7-5).
Alexander was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 11th game (5-5 15-40). On the other side, Nuno wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 12th game (5-6 30-40).
They contested 62 points. Alexander conquered the set after winning 10 more points than the Portuguese (36-26). Alexander conceded 7 points on serve (25-7). On the losing side, Borges conceded 11 points on serve (19-11).
Tennis Scores in Rome
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-1 6-2)
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (7-64 6-3)
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (7-65 7-610)
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Sebastian BaezBaez (5-7 7-64 6-4)
- Tommy PaulPaul – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (6-1 6-4)
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Alexandre MullerMuller (7-5 6-3)
- Taylor FritzFritz – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-2 6-711 6-1)
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-2 7-5)
Upcoming matches
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (4-3) – H2H details and stats
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Tommy PaulPaul (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Nicolas JarryJarry (2-3) – H2H details and stats