Nuno Borges survives Bu Yunchaokete 3-6 6-3 7-6(6) in the 1st round in Hong Kong on Tuesday after conquering a huge battle. Borges will try to keep the momentum against Jaume Antoni Munar Clar in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 14 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this event. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2024. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
The Portuguese added to his prize money $ 4,640 after winning this match. He has already won $ 11,935 after this win. If he wins the next match, Nuno will add $ 8,620 to his earnings to get in total $ 20,555 in total.
Highlights Nuno Borges vs. Bu Yunchaokete Hong Kong Tennis Open – Hong Kong
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:14
At the end of the match, Borges scored 96 points vs. the Chinese’s 92.
Borges
The Portuguese served pretty well to win 84% of the points (46/55) behind his first serve, and he won 54% points (14/26) on his second serve. The Portuguese won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points since he converted only 18% (2/11) of the procured opportunities.
Yunchaokete
On the other side, Bu was effective when converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (2/4). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Borges and Yunchaokete is 3-0 for Nuno.
Draw and next match H2H: Nuno Borges vs. Jaume Antoni Munar Clar – stats
Borges will come up against Antoni Munar Clar in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Nuno Borges and Jaume Antoni Munar Clar face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Antoni Munar Clar (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Antoni Munar Clar won 7-5 6-4 in the 1st round in Madrid back in April 2024.
Live score progression and stats
Borges had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Bu Yunchaokete in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break was sufficient for the Chinese to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks.
The Chinese was spot on in converting all his break points in the 2nd game (1-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Borges was spot on in converting all his break points in the 9th game (3-5 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 59 points. The Chinese was the winner of the set after clinching 5 more points than Borges (32-27). The Chinese surrendered 8 points on serve (24-8). on the other side of the court, the Portuguese conceded 8 points on serve (19-8).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Portuguese grabbed in the 8th game (5-3) before eventually winning the set (6-3).
Bu was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-3 to 6-3.
The Portuguese converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 8th (4-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (6-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Portuguese didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 59 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Nuno won just 3 more points than the Chinese (31-28). Borges dropped 5 points on serve (16-5). on the other side of the net, the Chinese conceded 15 points on serve (23-15).
The Portuguese won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 8th (3-5) game, The Portuguese broke back in the 9th (4-5) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that he won 8-6.
Tiebreak
The Portuguese won 4 minibreaks in the 5th (2-3), 9th (4-5), 13th (7-6) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Yunchaokete won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0) and 7th (4-3) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6
The Portuguese converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 9th game (3-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Borges saved 2 set points when he was 3-5 and 4-5 down. On the other side, the Chinese was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (4-3 0-40).
They contested 70 points. The Portuguese was the winner of the set after clinching 6 more points than the Chinese (38-32). Nuno lost 8 points on serve (24-8). on the other side of the net, Yunchaokete conceded 14 points on serve (24-14).
Tennis Scores in Hong Kong
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- Alexandre MullerMuller – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (2-6 6-4 6-3)
- Zizou BergsBergs – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (6-4 6-4)
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (4-6 6-3 6-3)
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Francesco PassaroPassaro (6-4 6-4)
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (3-6 6-3 7-66)
- Juncheng ShangShang – Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong (7-63 6-4)
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-1 7-69)
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (7-64 6-3)
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Learner TienTien (6-3 7-5)
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-3 6-3)
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