The Portuguese tennis player Nuno Borges, 80th in the world ranking, prevailed this Monday in the final of the Phoenix challenger, the Russian Alexander Shevchenko, 132nd, after turning the score around against an athlete from the ranking.
After one hour and 34 minutes, the national number one prevailed in three ‘sets’, by partials of 4-6, 6-2 and 6-1.
The Portuguese player entered the match worse, losing the initial ‘set’ against the Russian 6-4.
The turnaround highlighted the superior level of the maiato, which prevailed 6-2, 6-1, achieving the second title of the year and the most relevant of his career.
It was the seventh final of a ‘challenger’ in singles for Nuno Borges, 26, who had won in Antalya, in 2021, in Barletta, in 2022, and in Monterrey, already this year, adding a new title this Monday, and career high excluding doubles results as this is a category 175 tournament.
In addition to the victories of the week in the United States, Borges also takes an important victory of the competition, beating Argentine Diego Schwartzmann, former number eight in the world and second seed here, 2-0, next to open.
Source: TSF
