
Nuno Borges ousts Stan Wawrinka 6-7(4) 7-6(1) 6-3 in the 1st round in Marseille on Tuesday. Borges will seek to keep on going in this event against Zizou Bergs in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 31 minutes.
The Portuguese added to his prize money € 5,055 after conquering this match. He has already won € 13,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Borges will add € 9,385 to his earnings to get in total € 22,385 in total.
Highlights Nuno Borges vs. Stan Wawrinka Open 13 Provence – Marseille
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Borges scored 116 points vs. Wawrinka’s 99.
Borges
The Portuguese won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points since he converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.
Wawrinka
On the other side, Wawrinka was sharp when converting 67% of the break points that he conquered points (2/3). Yet, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Borges and Wawrinka is 2-0 for Nuno.
Draw and next match H2H: Nuno Borges vs. Zizou Bergs – stats
Borges will fight against Bergs in the 2nd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Nuno Borges and Zizou Bergs face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Borges and Bergs (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.
The last time that they squared off, Bergs won 6-2 3-6 7-5 in the semifinal in Auckland back in January 2025.
Live score progression and stats
Wawrinka won the set after he broke Borges in the 9th (5-4) game. Borges tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. Nevertheless, Stan kept the focus to win the set 7-6.
Wawrinka failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 15.
The Swiss was flawless in converting all his break points in the 9th game (4-4 30-40 and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Borges was flawless in converting all his break points in the 6th (3-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 15-40).
They contested 97 points. It’s worth to point out that, Wawrinka won this set even if he scored less points 1 than the Portuguese (48-49). The Swiss lost 26 points on serve (37-26). On the other side, Nuno conceded 11 points on serve (23-11).
The Portuguese won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Nuno broke back in the 7th (3-4) game to win the set 7-6.
Nuno was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th game (2-4 30-40). Also, on the other side, Stan was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (2-1 30-40).
They played 68 points. The Portuguese was the one to win the set after conquering 10 more points than the Swiss (39-29). Borges lost 11 points on serve (32-11). on the other side of the court, Wawrinka conceded 7 points on serve (18-7).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Borges clinched in the 6th game (4-2) prior to eventually conquering the set (6-3).
Nuno was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (3-2 40-A). On the other side, Borges didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 50 points. Nuno conquered the set after winning 6 points more than Wawrinka (28-22). The Portuguese surrendered 5 points on serve (16-5). on the other side of the net, Wawrinka conceded 12 points on serve (17-12).
Tennis Scores in Marseille
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- Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Benjamin BonziBonzi (3-6 6-3 7-67)
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (6-74 7-61 6-3)
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Quentin HalysHalys (6-3 6-72 7-63)
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- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-1 3-6 6-3)
- Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic – Raphael CollignonCollignon (6-3 6-4)
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