
Nuno Borges aces Arthur Rinderknech 6-1 5-7 6-2 in the 1st round in Indian Wells on Thursday. Borges will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Grigor Dimitrov in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 20 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this competition. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2024. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Nuno added to his prize money $ 12,275 after winning this match. He has already won $ 37,650 after this win. If he wins the next match, Borges will add $ 26,850 to his earnings to get in total $ 64,500 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Portuguese scored 117 points vs. the French player’s 95.
Borges
Nuno won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points after he converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities.
Rinderknech
On the other side, Arthur was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 15% – 2/13). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Borges and Rinderknech is 1-0 for Nuno.
Draw and next match H2H: Nuno Borges vs. Grigor Dimitrov – stats
Borges will play Dimitrov in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Nuno Borges and Grigor Dimitrov play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Borges (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Borges had a racing start in this set after breaking Arthur Rinderknech in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. The Portuguese managed to boost his lead after breaking Rinderknech in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
Arthur was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-1 to 6-1.
The Portuguese converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 4th (3-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (4-1 0-40) and the 8th game (6-0 30-40). On the other side, Arthur was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 7th game (1-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 63 points. The Portuguese won 13 points more than Rinderknech (38-25). Nuno conceded 8 points on serve (19-8). On the other side, Rinderknech conceded 19 points on serve (17-19).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Arthur clinched in the 12th game (7-5) prior to finally winning the set (7-5).
The French player failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 40.
The French player was perfect in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Borges was perfect in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-2 30-40), the 11th (5-5 30-40) and the 13th game (4-7 40-A and 40-A).
They played 92 points. It’s worth to point out that, The French player won this set even if he scored less points 2 than the Portuguese (45-47). Arthur lost 17 points on serve (27-17). Regarding the other side of the net, Nuno conceded 18 points on serve (30-18).
Borges was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Arthur Rinderknech in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, that was not enough for Nuno to win the set because the French player found the way to break back in the 4th (1-3) game. Nuno maintained his focus to break the French player in the 5th (4-1) game before conquering the set (6-2).
The Portuguese converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 40-A and 40-A) and the 5th game (3-1 30-40). Also, on the other side, Rinderknech converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 0th (0-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (0-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (2-5 40-A).
They played 57 points. The Portuguese conquered the set after winning 7 points more than the French player (32-25). The Portuguese conceded 14 points on serve (19-14). Regarding the other side of the net, Arthur conceded 13 points on serve (11-13).
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