

What Time Will Nuno Borges Play Against Kei Nishikori?
Borges and Nishikori are on the Day 4 Schedule at Omnium Banque National Présenté Par Rogers 2024 on Friday 9 August 2024. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.
Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?
3R: Nuno Borges (POR) vs. [PR] Kei Nishikori (JPN) – First Meeting.
Nuno Borges is a 27-year-old Portuguese player who is currently ranked World No. 43. He achieved his career-high ranking of No. 42 in July 2024 after defeating Nadal to win his first ATP Tour title in Bastad. In January 2024, Borges became the second Portuguese man to break into the Top 50 in the PIF ATP Rankings history since 1973. He also reached the fourth round of the 2024 Australian Open by defeating No. 13 Dimitrov, becoming the first Portuguese player to achieve this feat in the tournament’s history. Borges has captured several Challenger titles, including victories at Antalya-3 in 2021, Barletta in 2022, Monterrey in 2023, Phoenix in 2023-24, and Maia in 2023, which is his hometown. During his college career at Mississippi State University, Borges was a five-time All-American and had a 31-match win streak, which ended in his last match in the 2019 NCAA singles final against Jubb. Borges is aiming to be the first Portuguese player to reach an ATP Masters 1000 quarter-final on hard courts, and he currently holds the No. 37 spot on the PIF ATP Live Rankings. With a quarter-final win, he could potentially jump to No. 29.
Kei Nishikori, on the other hand, is a 34-year-old Japanese player ranked World No. 576. He reached his career-high ranking of No. 4 in 2015, making him the top Asian
men’s player in history. Nishikori has 436 career wins, with his biggest victory coming against No. 1 Djokovic at the 2014 US Open, which made him the first Asian Grand Slam men’s singles finalist. He captured his first ATP Tour title at the 2008 Delray Beach as an 18-year-old, making him the youngest tour champion since Hewitt in 1998. Nishikori has won six ATP 500 titles, reached four ATP Masters 1000 finals, qualified for the Nitto ATP Finals four times, and won a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics. He currently holds the highest winning percentage in deciding sets among active players (148-57, .723). Nishikori defeated No. 11 Tsitsipas in the second round for his first Top 20 win since 2021. He is aiming to advance to his 23rd ATP Masters 1000 quarter-final, which would be his first since 2019 Rome on hard courts and his third quarter-final at this event.
In the lowest-ranked players in the ATP Masters 1000 Round of 16, Nishikori is currently ranked at World No. 576. The lowest-ranked player to reach the quarter-finals was Darren Cahill, who was ranked No. 1013 at the 1994 Indian Wells. The lowest-ranked quarter-finalists in ATP Masters 1000 history include Chris Woodruff at No. 550 in the 1999 Indian Wells, Mikael Tillstrom at No. 332 in the 1992 Monte-Carlo, Gael Monfils at No. 276 in the 2023 Toronto, and Ivo Karlovic at No. 239 in the 2011 Indian Wells.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Borges will win.
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