Nuno Borges survives Ugo Humbert 3-6 7-6(2) 7-6(4) in the 2nd round in Montreal on Thursday after conquering a huge battle. Borges will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Kei Nishikori in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 48 minutes.
The Portuguese added to his prize money $ 42,405 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 91,435 after this win. If he wins the next match, Nuno will add $ 79,505 to his earnings to get in total $ 170,940 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Nuno scored 120 points vs. the French player’s 112.
Borges
Borges won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points since he converted only 27% (3/11) of the procured opportunities.
Humbert
On the other side, the French player was not so effective in converting his break points (only 40% – 4/10). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Borges and Humbert is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Nuno Borges vs. Kei Nishikori – stats
Borges will take on Nishikori in the 3rd round.
There is no head to head record between Nuno Borges and Kei Nishikori since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Ugo won the set after he broke Nuno in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (4-2) game. Nuno tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. Anyhow, the French player didn’t make any concession anymore to win the set 6-3.
Ugo was unerring in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (3-2 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Borges was spot on in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5th game (1-3 15-40).
They played 73 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Ugo won just 3 points more than Nuno (38-35). Ugo dropped 16 points on serve (22-16). Regarding the other side of the net, Borges conceded 16 points on serve (19-16).
Borges won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Borges broke back in the 6th (3-3) game to conquer the set 7-6.
The Portuguese converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 5th game (2-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Ugo converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40).
They contested 81 points. It’s worth to point out that, Nuno won this set even if he scored less points 1 than the French player (40-41). Borges conceded 9 points on serve (19-9). on the other side of the court, Ugo conceded 21 points on serve (32-21).
The Portuguese won the set after he broke Humbert in the 3rd (2-1) game. Humbert tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. Nonetheless, the Portuguese maintained the focus to eventually clinch the set at the following breaker at 4.
Tiebreak
The Portuguese won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Ugo won a minibreak in the 3rd (1-2) point.
Borges won the tiebreak 7-4 after he conquered a decisive 5-3 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
Borges converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). In addition on the other side, Humbert converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 40-A).
They played 78 points. Nuno was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than the French player (44-34). Nuno lost 11 points on serve (28-11). In addition, on the other side, the French player conceded 16 points on serve (23-16).
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