Portuguese Nuno Borges, ranked 69th in the ATP rankings, qualified this Thursday for the third round of the Australian Open, defeating Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokin, ranked 24th in the world, 7-6 (9-7) , 6-3 and 6-3.
The 26-year-old from Maya needed just two hours and 18 minutes to claim his first career win over a player ranked in the world’s top 30 and advance to the first Grand Slam of the season at Melbourne Park. .
After today’s victory in the Australian Major, which will last until January 28, Nuno Borges will meet the winner of the meeting between Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (13th place in the world) and Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis (80th place in the ATP rankings).
Nuno Borges also continues to compete in doubles, where he and Australian Aleksandar Vukic will meet sixth-seeded Argentines Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni in the second round.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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