Nuno Borges defeats Thompson in the 2nd round to clash vs Alcaraz. HIGHLIGHTS – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Borges victorious over Thompson to take on Carlos Alcaraz in the 3rd round

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Nuno Borges overcomes Jordan Thompson 6-3 6-2 6-4 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Wednesday. Borges will have to play Carlos Alcaraz in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 47 minutes. His best result in this competition was reaching the 4th round in 2024. Here you can see his history at this event.

Borges
Melbourne
Borges's Record

Borges added to his prize money $ 90,000 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 290,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Borges will add $ 130,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 420,000 in total.

Highlights Nuno Borges vs. Jordan Thompson Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Borges
Thompson
96
96
Total points
66
66
46
46
Winners
32
32
48%
48%
Ratio Winners
48%
48%
26
26
Unforced
29
29
47%
47%
Ratio Unforced
53%
53%
6/10
6/10
Net Approaches
19/29
19/29
60%
60%
Perc
66%
66%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
6
6
0
0
Double Faults
2
2
77%
77%
1st in
63%
63%
74%
74%
1st won
63%
63%
46/62
46/62
1st won
32/51
32/51
79%
79%
2nd won
47%
47%
15/19
15/19
2nd won
14/30
14/30
200
200
Fastest serve
215
215
186
186
AVG 1st Serve
190
190
146
146
AVG 2nd Serve
147
147
-- Break Points --
4/9
4/9
Total
0/2
0/2
44%
44%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Nuno scored 96 points vs. the Australian’s 66.

Borges

The Portuguese won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points as he converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.

Thompson

On the other side, Thompson wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Borges and Thompson is 3-0 for Nuno.

Draw and next match H2H: Nuno Borges vs. Carlos Alcaraz – stats

Borges will play Alcaraz in the 3rd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Nuno Borges and Carlos Alcaraz play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Alcaraz (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

Nuno Borges Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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BorgesThompson
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0
0
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0

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Nuno snatched in the 6th game (4-2) just before eventually conquering the set (6-3).

The Portuguese converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (3-2 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Portuguese didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 67 points. The Portuguese conquered the set after winning 7 more points than Thompson (37-30). Borges lost 10 points on serve (24-10). Regarding the other side of the net, Thompson conceded 13 points on serve (20-13).

2nd Set -
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0
0
0
0

The Portuguese in this set was much more effective than Jordan and finally he won 6-2 after breaking the Australian in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

Jordan was dominated in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-2 to 6-2.

Borges converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40), the 5th (3-1 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). On the other side, Nuno didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 47 points. Nuno was the one to win the set after conquering 11 more points than the Australian (29-18). Borges conceded 5 points on serve (16-5). on the other side of the court, Thompson conceded 13 points on serve (13-13).

3rd Set -
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0
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0
0
0
0

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Nuno grabbed in the 9th game (5-4) just before finally winning the set (6-4).

The Portuguese was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 9th game (4-4 15-40). On the other side, Jordan was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 8th game (4-3 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 47 points. The Portuguese was the one to win the set after conquering 13 more points than Jordan (30-17). Nuno surrendered 5 points on serve (21-5). On the losing side, Jordan conceded 9 points on serve (12-9).

1st
Borges
Thompson
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Borges
Thompson
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
3rd
Borges
Thompson
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
 

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