

What Time Will Andrea Pellegrino Play Against Nuno Borges?
Pellegrino and Borges are on the Day 2 Schedule at Nordea Open 2024 on Tuesday 16 July 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?
In their first-ever tour-level meeting, Andrea Pellegrino from Italy will face Nuno Borges from Portugal. They have faced each other in four previous meetings, with Borges winning their last two matches in 2022 and Pellegrino winning their previous two matches in the same year. Pellegrino, aged 27, is currently ranked World No. 153 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 136 in September 2022. He achieved this after reaching the final of the Genoa Challenger and defeating No. 40 Ramos-Vinolas along the way. Pellegrino also qualified for the 2020 Sardinia tournament and won his ATP Tour debut against Travaglia in the first round before losing to Musetti in the second round. In doubles, he won the 2023 Santiago tournament with Vavassori. On the Challenger Tour, Pellegrino has a record of 122-137, with three titles in 2021 Rome-1, 2022 Vicenza, and 2023 Bad Waltersdorf. In his junior career, he reached No. 27 and won matches against future top 10 players Hurkacz and Tsitsipas at all four Grand Slams. This will be Pellegrino’s second ATP Tour appearance after the 2020 Sardinia tournament. He has a record of 14-19 against the top 100 players, including ATP Tour qualifying and Challenger matches.
On the other hand, Nuno
Borges, also aged 27, is currently ranked World No. 51 and achieved a career-high ranking of No. 46 in February 2024, becoming the second Portuguese man to break inside the top 50 in ATP rankings history. His biggest career win came against No. 13 Dimitrov, allowing him to reach the fourth round of the 2024 Australian Open and becoming the first Portuguese in the tournament’s history to achieve this feat. Borges won the Challenger title in Phoenix and also won a first-round qualifying match at the 2023 ATP Masters 1000 Miami within 24 hours. He has reached 10 Challenger finals, winning titles at 2021 Antalya-3, 2022 Barletta, 2023 Monterrey, 2023-24 Phoenix, and 2023 Maia. During his college career at Mississippi State University, Borges was a five-time All-American and had a 31-match win streak that ended in his last match, losing to Jubb in the 2019 NCAA singles final. Borges is currently on a five-match losing streak since reaching the ATP Masters 1000 Rome fourth round in May. This is his second time being seeded at an ATP Tour event, with his previous seeding being 7th in the 2024 Bucharest tournament, where he lost to Moutet in the second round.
The match between Pellegrino and Borges will take place on Court 1.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Pellegrino will win.
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