Nuno Borges ousts Botic Van De Zandschulp 7-6(5) 7-6(5) in the 1st round in Shanghai on Thursday. Borges will face Stefanos Tsitsipas in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 16 minutes. This will be his best result in this competition. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.

Shanghai
Borges's Record

Nuno added to his prize money $ 11,500 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 35,260 after this win. If he wins the next match, Nuno will add $ 25,140 to his earnings to get in total $ 60,400 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Borges
Zandschulp
7-65 7-65
2h:16
82
82
Total points
88
88
39
39
Winners
40
40
48%
48%
Ratio Winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
10
10
3
3
Double Faults
4
4
61%
61%
1st in
63%
63%
71%
71%
1st won
80%
80%
39/55
39/55
1st won
40/50
40/50
54%
54%
2nd won
53%
53%
19/35
19/35
2nd won
16/30
16/30
-- Break Points --
1/2
1/2
Total
1/3
1/3
50%
50%
Won
33%
33%
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Borges won this match even if he won less points than the Dutch (82 vs. 88).

Borges

Borges was pretty effective at converting 50% of the break points that he procured (1/2).

Van De Zandschulp

On the other side, Van De Zandschulp had a tough time converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Borges and Van De Zandschulp is 1-0 for Nuno.

Draw and next match H2H: Nuno Borges vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas – stats

Borges will square off with Tsitsipas in the 2nd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Nuno Borges and Stefanos Tsitsipas fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Tsitsipas won 6-1 6-1 in the 3rd round in Carlo back in April 2025.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Borges 7-6
BorgesZandschulp
7
6
15
0
30
0
40
0
BorgesZandschulp
7
6
0
1
1
1
2
1
3
1
3
2
3
3
4
3
5
3
5
4
5
5
6
5
BorgesZandschulp
6
6
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
BorgesZandschulp
5
6
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
BorgesZandschulp
5
5
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
BorgesZandschulp
5
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
BorgesZandschulp
5
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
BorgesZandschulp
4
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
BorgesZandschulp
4
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
BorgesZandschulp
3
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
BorgesZandschulp
2
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
BorgesZandschulp
1
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
BorgesZandschulp
1
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
BorgesZandschulp
0
1
0
15
0
30
0
40

Borges won the set after he broke Van De Zandschulp in the 5th (3-2) game. The Dutch tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. Nonetheless, the Portuguese didn’t lose the lead to win the set 7-6.

Borges was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (2-2 40-A). On the other side, the Dutch converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 7th (3-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 15-40).

They played 91 points. It’s worth to point out that, Borges won this set even if he scored less points 3 than the Dutch (44-47). Nuno dropped 24 points on serve (35-24). Regarding the other side of the net, the Dutch conceded 9 points on serve (23-9).

2nd Set -
Borges 7-6
BorgesZandschulp
7
6
B
1
0
Z
2
0
Z
2
1
B
3
1
B
3
2
Z
4
2
Z
4
3
B
5
3
B
5
4
Z
5
5
Z
6
5
B
7
5
BorgesZandschulp
6
6
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
BorgesZandschulp
6
5
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
BorgesZandschulp
5
5
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
BorgesZandschulp
5
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
BorgesZandschulp
4
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
BorgesZandschulp
4
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
BorgesZandschulp
3
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
BorgesZandschulp
3
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
BorgesZandschulp
2
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
BorgesZandschulp
2
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
BorgesZandschulp
1
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40

Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Finally, Nuno won the breaker at 7-5.

Tiebreak

The Portuguese won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 6th (4-2), 11th (6-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Botic won 2 minibreaks in the 5th

(2-3) and 9th (4-5) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5

Nuno wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (3-2 40-A). On the other side, the Portuguese didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 79 points. It’s worth to point out that, Borges won this set even if he scored less points 5 than Botic (37-42). Borges conceded 12 points on serve (24-12). In addition, on the other side, Van De Zandschulp conceded 13 points on serve (30-13).

1st
Borges
Zandschulp
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
2nd
Borges
Zandschulp
7-6
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0

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