Nuno Borges defeats Henrique Rocha 1-6 6-4 6-0 in the 2nd round in Bastad on Thursday in what was an all-Portuguese contest. Borges will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Timofey Skatov in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 8 minutes.
Borges added to his prize money € 7,345 after winning this match. He has already won € 17,510 after this win. If he wins the next match, Borges will add € 12,710 to his earnings to get in total € 30,220 in total.
Highlights Nuno Borges vs. Henrique Rocha Nordea Open – Bastad
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Nuno scored 98 points vs. Rocha’s 82.
Borges
Borges won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points since he converted only 46% (6/13) of the procured opportunities.
Rocha
On the other side, Henrique had some problems converting his break points (only 36% – 4/11). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Borges and Rocha is 1-0 for Nuno.
Draw and next match H2H: Nuno Borges vs. Timofey Skatov – stats
Borges will come up against Skatov in the quarter.
This will be the 3rd time that Nuno Borges and Timofey Skatov face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Borges and Skatov (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Borges had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Henrique Rocha in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Rocha managed to boost his lead after breaking Borges in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
Nuno was dominated in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-1 to 6-1.
Henrique was on the money in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 6th (4-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 8th game (6-0 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Borges wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 30-40).
They played 59 points. Henrique was the winner of the set after clinching 13 points more than Nuno (36-23). Henrique conceded 13 points on serve (21-13). On the other side, Borges conceded 15 points on serve (10-15).
Borges conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Henrique Rocha in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, that wasn’t sufficient for Nuno to win the set as Henrique succeeded in breaking back in the 7th (3-4) game. Nuno maintained his cool to break Henrique in the 10th (6-4) game.
Nuno failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 40.
There was an important spell in this set when Borges won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the game count from 0-2 to 4-2.
Borges converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th
(1-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (3-2 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40). In addition on the other side, Rocha converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had his opportunities in the 7th (2-4 40-A) and the 11th game (3-6 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).They played 83 points. Nuno was the one to win the set after conquering 13 more points than Henrique (48-35). Borges lost 24 points on serve (32-24). In addition, on the other side, Henrique conceded 16 points on serve (11-16).
Henrique was overpowered in this set and Nuno won the set 6-0.
Nuno converted 37% of his break points (3/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 4th (3-0 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (5-0 15-40). On the other side, Nuno didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 38 points. Borges conquered the set after winning 16 more points than Henrique (27-11). Borges was astonishing on serve to drop only 1 point during his serving games (8-1). Regarding the other side of the net, Henrique conceded 19 points on serve (10-19).
Tennis Scores in Bastad
- Mariano NavoneNavone – Sumit NagalNagal (6-4 6-2)
- Timofey SkatovSkatov – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (1-6 6-3 6-4)
- Rafael NadalNadal – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-4 6-4)
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Henrique RochaRocha (1-6 6-4 6-0)
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Pavel KotovKotov (7-67 3-6 6-3)
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Andrey RublevRublev (7-65 3-6 6-4)
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (2-6 6-3 6-2)
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Casper RuudRuud (6-3 6-3)
Upcoming matches
- Rafael NadalNadal – Mariano NavoneNavone (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Timofey SkatovSkatov – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-0) – H2H details and stats