Nuno Borges shocks Casper Ruud 2-6 6-4 6-1 6-0 in the 2nd round in Paris on Wednesday. Borges will have to play Alexei Popyrin in the 3rd round. This will be his best result in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Nuno added to his prize money € 51,000 after winning this match. He has already won € 168,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Borges will add € 97,000 to his earnings to get in total € 265,000 in total.
Highlights Nuno Borges vs. Casper Ruud French Open – Paris
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
After this match, the head to head between Borges and Ruud is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Nuno Borges vs. Alexei Popyrin – stats
Borges will play Popyrin in the 3rd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Nuno Borges and Alexei Popyrin face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Borges and Popyrin (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
Borges had an good ride in the last 2 sets to surrender 1 games after winning 52 points vs. Popyrin’s 21 points.
Live score progression and stats
Borges enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Casper Ruud in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, there was more work to do for the Norwegian to win the set as Nuno found the way to break back in the 5th (2-3) game. Ruud kept his focus to break the Portuguese in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Ruud was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Nuno was on the money in converting all his break points in the 5th game (1-3 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 56 points. Ruud won 10 more points than the Portuguese (33-23). Ruud lost 9 points on serve (15-9). Regarding the other side of the net, the Portuguese conceded 18 points on serve (14-18).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Borges snatched in the 5th game (3-2) just before eventually conquering the set (6-4).
Borges was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (2-2 15-40). On the other side, Casper was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 65 points. Borges conquered the set after winning 7 more points than Ruud (36-29). Nuno conceded 9 points on serve (23-9). on the other side of the net, Casper conceded 13 points on serve (20-13).
Borges started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Casper Ruud in the 1st
game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. The Portuguese extended his lead after breaking the Norwegian in the 3rd (3-0) and in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.There was an important spell in this set when Borges won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set so as to change the game count from 0-0 to 4-0.
Borges converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 0th (1-0 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40). On the other side, Borges didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 39 points. Nuno was the winner of the set after clinching 15 more points than Casper (27-12). Borges was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (12-3). Regarding the other side of the net, Casper conceded 15 points on serve (9-15).
Ruud lost her way in this set and Borges won the set 6-0.
Nuno converted 60% of his break points (3/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (3-0 0-40) and the 6th game (5-0 40-A). On the other side, the Portuguese didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 34 points. Borges was the winner of the set after clinching 16 points more than Ruud (25-9). The Portuguese was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (12-4). On the other side, the Norwegian conceded 13 points on serve (5-13).
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