Nuno Borges tops Aleksandar Vukic 7-6(7) 6-4 in the 2nd round in Shanghai on Saturday. Borges will clash against Juncheng Shang in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 42 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this competition. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2023. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
The Portuguese added to his prize money $ 25,140 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 60,400 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Portuguese will add $ 42,825 to his earnings to get in total $ 103,225 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Borges scored 78 points vs. Vukic’s 70.
Borges
Borges served exceptionally well to win 77% of the points (40/52) behind his first serve. Notwithstanding he won only 48% points (10/21) on his second serve. Nuno won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points after he converted only 33% (2/6) of the procured opportunities.
Vukic
On the other side, Aleksandar wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Borges and Vukic is 2-0 for Nuno.
Draw and next match H2H: Nuno Borges vs. Juncheng Shang – stats
Borges will fight against Shang in the 3rd round.
There is no head to head record between Nuno Borges and Juncheng Shang since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Nuno won the set after he broke Aleksandar in the 8th (5-3) game. Vukic tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. Notwithstanding, Nuno stayed solid to conquer the set 7-6.
Nuno failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 0.
The Portuguese was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (4-3 15-40). In addition on the other side, Vukic was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 9th game (3-5 0-40).
They played 91 points. It’s worth to point out that, Borges won this set even if he scored less points 5 than Aleksandar (43-48). Borges lost 13 points on serve (21-13). In addition, on the other side, the Australian conceded 22 points on serve (35-22).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Portuguese grabbed in the 3rd game (2-1) before finally conquering the set (6-4).
The Portuguese converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40 and 15-40), the 5th
(3-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). On the other side, Aleksandar was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 40-A).They played 57 points. The Portuguese won 11 points more than Aleksandar (34-23). Borges surrendered 8 points on serve (23-8). On the other side, the Australian conceded 11 points on serve (15-11).
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