Nuno Borges. History in Paris with the Glory of Suffin in Mind
Tennis player Nuno Borges again made history in the last week, reaching the biggest victory of his career, against Norwegian Casper Ruud, eighth player of the world ranking ATP. In 41st position, it is the best Portuguese tennis player today.
It was in Roland Garros, Paris, according to Grand Slam of the season, that the hallow reached the third round of the tournament for the first time, and could soon have the company of another Portuguese, the young Henrique Rocha, who surpassed the qualification phase and surprised many when reaching this round, due to 200th place.
Despite the physical breakdown of Ruud, who suffered a small injury, Nuno Borges was able to raise his level of play, compared to the first setand operated a huge turnaround, with the partials of 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 and 6-0, in the second round.
However, the Portuguese did not continue the sensational triumph in the third round, where it was eliminated by Australian Alexei Popyrin (25th), 6-4, 7-6 (11) and 7-6 (5).
He started playing tennis at six and it was in the United States that he began to highlight, when he went to Mississippi to take his diploma in kinesiology in 2019, and was in some university -level tournaments that would catapul his career.
Nuno Borges won his first title at the ‘Challenger’ circuit in 2021 and has never stopped evolving, immediately debuting in the Davis Cup at the service of the Lusa National Team. It is among the top 100 in the world since September 2022.
At 28, Nuno Borges is in the top 50 of the world ranking in a well-cemented way, with the best classification in his career in September 2024, after reaching the round of 16 in the United States Open.
The Portuguese absolute record was very close to being hit, belonging to João Sousa, who became the 28th best in the world in 2016, but the possibility is still very realistic, since Nuno Borges is at the height of his career.
If, in terms of ranking, the best victory was now in Roland Garros, the truth is that its best moment goes to the so far only achievement in an ATP tournament, in Sufficide Sufficide, which allowed it to enter a list of many notables.
This happened because, in a town tournament, it won nothing more, nothing less than the surface king, Spanish Rafael Nadal, who recently ended his career, but the physical condition does not remove merit from Luso.
This victory left Nuno Borges in a restricted list of tennis players who hit Nadal in a dirt ending, which integrates the other members of the denominated Big Four – Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Andy Murray – and also Horacio Zeballos.
With six titles ‘Challenger’, Nuno Borges still lived an unforgettable moment in Estoril Open, but in the peer variant, alongside childhood friend Francisco Cabral, when, in 2022, they were the first Portuguese duo to win the race.
High mental strength and physical strength are Portuguese brand images, which has proven to be competitive against anyone and promises not to stay here.
