Nuno Borges ousts Jakub Mensik 6-7(5) 6-1 3-6 7-6(6) 6-0 in the 3rd round in New York on Saturday. Borges will face Daniil Medvedev in the 4th round. The battle lasted 3 hours and 48 minutes. This will be his best result in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Portuguese added to his prize money $ 110,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 325,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Portuguese will add $ 205,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 530,000 in total.
Highlights Nuno Borges vs. Jakub Mensik U.S. Open – New York
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Nuno scored 180 points vs. Jakub’s 154.
Borges
Borges blasted 13 aces and he committed 11 double faults. Nuno won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points since he converted only 44% (8/18) of the procured opportunities.
Mensik
On the other side, Jakub was struggling when converting his break points (only 33% – 4/12). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Borges and Mensik is 1-0 for Nuno.
Draw and next match H2H: Nuno Borges vs. Daniil Medvedev – stats
Borges will play Medvedev in the 4th round.
This will be the 3rd time that Nuno Borges and Daniil Medvedev play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Medvedev (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Medvedev won 7-64 6-4 in the 1st round in Halle back in June 2024.
Live score progression and stats
Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Eventually, Mensik won the tiebreak at 7-5.
Tiebreak
The Czech won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 3rd (2-1), 10th (5-5), 11th (6-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Borges won 2 minibreaks in the 5th (2-3) and 8th (4-4) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
Mensik was spot on in converting all his break points in the 8th (4-3 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). Also, on the other side, Borges was unerring in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 40-A) and the 5th game (2-2 30-40).
They contested 100 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Jakub won just 2 points more than Nuno (51-49). Jakub dropped 17 points on serve (34-17). Regarding the other side of the net, Nuno conceded 17 points on serve (32-17).
Borges had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Jakub Mensik in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Notwithstanding, that was not enough for Borges to win the set as Jakub found the way to break back in the 5th (1-4) game. Nuno maintained his cool to break Jakub in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
An important stage of this set was when the Portuguese won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the game count from 0-0 to 4-0.
The Portuguese converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40), the 3rd (3-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, Jakub was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (0-4 15-40).
They contested 37 points. The Portuguese conquered the set after winning 13 more points than Mensik (25-12). Nuno surrendered 9 points on serve (13-9). on the other side of the net, Jakub conceded 12 points on serve (3-12).
The Czech clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 3rd
(1-2) game, The Czech broke back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 6th (4-2) game to conquer the set 6-3.An important stage of this set was when Mensik won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set so as to change the scoreline from 1-2 to 5-2.
Mensik was unerring in converting all his break points in the 4th (1-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 40-A). Also, on the other side, Borges was on the money in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 58 points. Jakub was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than Borges (31-27). Jakub surrendered 14 points on serve (22-14). Regarding the other side of the net, Nuno conceded 9 points on serve (13-9).
Nuno won the set after he broke the Czech in the 4th
(3-1) game. Mensik tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. Notwithstanding, Nuno kept the situation under control to ultimately clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 6.Tiebreak
Borges won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 10th (4-6), 11th (5-6) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Mensik won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 5th (3-2) and 9th (6-3) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 3-5, 3-6, 4-6, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6
The Portuguese converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40 and 40-A). Borges saved 5 set points when he was 2-5, 3-5, 3-6, 4-6 and 5-6 down. Also, on the other side, Jakub converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 5th (1-3 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 100 points. The Portuguese won 4 points more than the Czech (52-48). Borges surrendered 17 points on serve (30-17). On the losing side, Mensik conceded 22 points on serve (31-22).
Mensik didn’t manage to offer a meaningful resistance and Borges won the set 6-0.
Borges converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 2nd (2-0 15-40) and the 5th game (4-0 40-A). On the other side, Jakub wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 2nd game (0-1 30-40).
They played 39 points. Nuno won 15 more points than Mensik (27-12). Nuno lost 6 points on serve (14-6). on the other side of the net, Jakub conceded 13 points on serve (6-13).
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