Nuno Borges conquers Andrea Pellegrino 6-2 7-6(3) in the 1st round in Bastad on Tuesday. Borges will face off with Henrique Rocha in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 31 minutes.
Borges 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, Borges will add € 7,345 to his earnings to get in total € 17,510 in total.
Highlights Nuno Borges vs. Andrea Pellegrino Nordea Open – Bastad
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Nuno scored 72 points vs. the Italian’s 61.
Borges
Nuno didn’t lose the concentration in converting 67% of the break points that he conquered (4/6).
Pellegrino
On the other side, Pellegrino had some problems converting his break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Borges and Pellegrino is 3-2 for Nuno.
Draw and next match H2H: Nuno Borges vs. Henrique Rocha – stats
Borges will fight against Rocha in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Nuno Borges and Henrique Rocha since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
The Portuguese in this set was too strong for Pellegrino and without struggling too much he won 6-2 after breaking the Italian in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Nuno failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 30.
Andrea couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 2-2 to 6-2.
Borges was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). On the other side, the Italian was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 9th game (1-6 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 55 points. The Portuguese conquered the set after winning 7 points more than the Italian (31-24). The Portuguese lost 11 points on serve (18-11). on the other side of the court, Andrea conceded 13 points on serve (13-13).
Borges commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Andrea Pellegrino in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. However, Borges managed to stage a great comeback to break Pellegrino in the 6th (2-4) and in the 10th (5-5) game before winning the set at the breaker at 3.
Tiebreak
Borges won 4 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 6th (4-2), 7th (5-2) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, the Italian won 2 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2) and 9th (3-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 6-3, 7-3
The Portuguese converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (1-4 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 40-A). Also, on the other side, Pellegrino converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (4-1 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40).
They contested 78 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Borges won just 2 more points than Pellegrino (40-38). Nuno conceded 14 points on serve (21-14). In addition, on the other side, Pellegrino conceded 19 points on serve (24-19).
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