Nuno Borges and Timofey Skatov will square off in the quarter of the Nordea Open for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 6:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nuno Borges who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nuno Borges is the pick to win this match.
Nuno Borges -> 1.62
Timofey Skatov -> 2.3

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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Timofey Skatov

This will be the 3^rd time that Nuno Borges and Timofey Skatov square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Borges and Skatov (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Borges won 6-1 6-3 in the 1^st round in the Liberec Challenger back in 2022.

Nuno Borges

Ranked no. 51, Borges reached the quarter after beating Andrea Pellegrino 6-2 7-6(3) and Henrique Rocha 1-6 6-4 6-0.

In the 2^nd round against Rocha, Nuno recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-4 6-0). During the match, Borges scored 98 points vs Rocha’s 82. Nuno was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about the service games, Borges scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Nuno Borges lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Borges put 61% of his first serves in, winning 55% (30/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (20/35) on the 2nd serve. Borges broke Rocha 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Portuguese has conceded 1 set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Borges has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 69% of his matches (272-125). 10-6 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Borges has a composed 119-55 match record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Phoenix Challenger where he defeated Matteo Berrettini in the final 7-5 7-6(4).

The Portuguese has a composed 22-18 win-loss record in 2024, 10-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Bastad

Borges has never competed in this tournament before.

Timofey Skatov

Ranked no. 223, Skatov got to the quarter after defeating Matteo Gigante 6-1 6-0, Andrea Pellegrino 6-4 6-1, Taro Daniel 6-7(7) 6-2 7-6(4), Tallon Griekspoor 1-6 6-3 6-4 and Nuno Borges .

In the 2^nd round against Griekspoor, The Kazakhstani recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-3 6-4).During the match Skatov scored less points (6) than Griekspoor. In fact, the world no. 51 won 77 points vs Griekspoor’s. That means that Skatov was more focused during the important points. The Kazakhstani was pretty aggressive to blast 38 winners.

About the serving games, Skatov scored 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Timofey Skatov lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Skatov put 74% of his first serves in, winning 62% (38/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (9/21) on the 2nd serve. Timofey broke Griekspoor 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Kazakhstani started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

His best result of the year was conquering the title the Augsburg Challenger where he overcame Elmer Moller in the final 3-6 7-5 6-3.

Timofey has an overall 31-16 win-loss record in 2024, 28-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Bastad

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Borges	Skatov
Match played	2	4
Tot Set	5	10
Tot Games	44	90
Pts	170-143	338-290
Total Points	313	628
Winners	63	144
%Winners	37%	43%

Borges played 2 matches while Skatov competed in 4 matches. Skatov started his run from the qualifications while Borges had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Nuno Borges lost 1 set, while Timofey Skatov lost 2 sets. Borges has played 5 set(s) less than Skatov (5 vs 10). Therefore, Borges played 46 games less than Skatov. Nuno scored 63 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Kazakhstani recorded 144 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Borges	Skatov
Aces	2	16
Avg per match	1	4
1st in	103/153	209/316
%1st in	67%	66%
1st pts	63/103	144/209
%1st pts	61%	69%
2nd pts	26/50	51/107
%2nd pts	52%	48%

Borges struck 2 aces (1 per match). Skatov made 16 aces (4 per match). Borges won 61% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Skatov won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Borges	Skatov
Won	10	19
Converted	10/19	19/39
% Converted	53%	49%
Conceded	16	22
Saved	10	13
% Saved	63%	59%
Times Broken	6	9

The Portuguese broke his opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. Borges surrendered his serve 6 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Timofey broke his opponents 19 times with a 49% conversion rate. Timofey conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 59% of the break points that he conceded.

Borges
	R1 Pellegrino	R2 Rocha	Total
Score	6-2 7-63	1-6 6-4 6-0
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	21	23	44
pts	72-61	98-82	170-143
Total points	133	180	313
Winners	33	30	63
%Winners	46%	31%	37%
SERVE
Aces	1	1	2
Double Faults	0	2	2
1st in	48/63	55/90	103/153
% 1st in	76%	61%	67%
1st pts	33/48	30/55	63/103
% 1st pts	69%	55%	61%
2nd pts	6/15	20/35	26/50
% 2nd pts	40%	57%	52%
Breaks
Won	4	6	10
Converted	4/6	6/13	10/19
Converted %	67%	46%	53%
Conceded	5	11	16
Saved	3/5	7/11	10
Saved %	60%	64%	62%
Times Broken	2	4	6

Skatov
	Q1 Gigante	Q3 Pellegrino	R1 Daniel	R2 Griekspoor	Total
Score	6-1 6-0	6-4 6-1	6-77 6-2 7-64	1-6 6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	3	3	10
Tot Games	13	17	34	26	90
pts	59-29	70-52	132-126	77-83	338-290
Total points	88	122	258	160	628
Winners	21	30	55	38	144
%Winners	36%	43%	42%	49%	43%
SERVE
Aces	3	3	8	2	16
Double Faults	1	3	5	1	10
1st in	27/39	43/69	78/126	61/82	209/316
% 1st in	69%	62%	62%	74%	66%
1st pts	21/27	30/43	55/78	38/61	144/209
% 1st pts	78%	70%	71%	62%	69%
2nd pts	7/12	13/26	22/48	9/21	51/107
% 2nd pts	58%	50%	46%	43%	48%
Breaks
Won	6	4	5	4	19
Converted	6/13	4/9	5/12	4/5	19/39
Converted %	46%	44%	42%	80%	49%
Conceded	2	6	8	6	22
Saved	1/2	5/6	5/8	2/6	13
Saved %	50%	83%	63%	33%	115%
Times Broken	1	1	3	4	9

Tennis Scores in Bastad

• Orlando Luz/Rafael MatosLuz/Rafael Matos – Pavel Kotov/Piotr MatuszewskiKotov/Piotr Matuszewski (6-3 7-6⁴) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Manuel Guinard/Gregoire JacqGuinard/Gregoire Jacq – Alexandre Muller/Luca Van AsscheMuller/Luca Van Assche (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings

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