World no. 88, Nuno Borges of Portugal will play Sebastian Korda of the USA, the world number 28, and the number five seed, in the second round of the 2023 Astana Open on Saturday, September 30. Get the live streaming options of this Nuno Borges v Sebastian Korda match along with its preview, head-to-head, and tips here.
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Nuno Borges v Sebastian Korda Head to Head
The pair have never played each other before.
This will be the first match between the 26 year old Portuguese, and the American, who is three years younger.
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Borges Saves Match Point Against Wildcard
The Portuguese number one Borges had come into this tournament after a prolonged losing streak, and he had not won an ATP match for more than three months.
He will have been glad to have ended it against the Mikhail Kukushkin, the Kazakh wildcard, but will know also that he made very hard work of beating a man who is a rare visitor to the main tour these days.
In a first set largely dominated by serve, Borges had two set points but failed to take any of them, something that quickly came back to haunt him as he was broken himself next game. Kukushkin duly served out to take the first set.
And when Borges was broken again early in the second set, his losing streak seemed set to continue.
He was, though able to get it back and force a tie-break, but even then his troubles were not over. He had to save a match point before finally levelling the match.
Borges then secured an early break in the third set, and, despite his best efforts, the Kazakh could not get it back.
The Portuguese was able to breathe a sigh of relief at the end of the match.
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Korda Passes Tough Australian Test
Korda came into this tournament close to his highest ever world ranking, but if he thought he could just breeze through the first round, his opponent Alexei Popyrin, the world number 45 from Australia, soon disillusioned him of that notion.
The tone for what was to follow came in the first set, with Korda three times having to save break points against him, and then seeing Popyrin save a break point himself.
The American just edged the tie-break.
There was no change to the intensity in the second set, and again the American had to save break points.
The crucial difference this time, though, was that Popyrin came out on top in the tie-break.
Popyrin was the first to finally drop his serve early in the third set, but he was not finished yet.
He had break points in the next two Korda service games, and he finally got the break back.
Unfortunately for the Australian, he promptly dropped his serve again, and that gave Korda the chance to serve out for the match, one he gratefully accepted.
Borges v Korda Prediction and Tip
Although both players were made to fight for their places in the second round, Korda, despite being the younger man, is higher ranked, and seeded, and he would fully expect to beat the Portuguese in this match.
Tips:
- Low Risk Tip: Korda to win: 7/11 (Click Here to Bet with bet365)
- Moderate Risk Tip: Over 23.5 games in the match: 5/6 (Click Here to Bet with 888Sport)
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