Roland Garros: Nuno Borges Eliminated in the Third Round of Doubles Contention
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Yo, check it! Nuno Borges, that rad Portuguese tennis dude, and his French buddy Arthur Rinderknech got smacked in the round of 16 at Roland Garros on Monday. Their foe? The eighth-seeded British pair, Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski. This doubles specialist duo has already nabbed Grand Slam tournaments and ain't no pushovers.
Battling Skupski, who's the 15th-ranked player worldwide, and Salisbury, who's 20th, Borges and Rinderknech — both top 100 singles players — couldn't hold the fort. They lost a close one, 7-6 (7-5) 6-4, in a quick 1 hour and 31 minutes.
Borges, Portugal's top-ranked player at number 41 in singles and 101st in doubles, had also advanced to the third round in singles before this setback. He became the first man to reach this stage at Roland Garros, a feat later matched by Henrique Rocha.
Alas, Borges' doubles bust means Portugal is now devoid of any representatives in the second Grand Slam tournament of the season. Earlier in this edition, Borges and Rocha both bowed out in the third round of singles, while Jaime Faria exited in the first round, and Francisco Cabral followed suit in doubles.
As for who's left standing in the Portuguese tennis scene, Henrique Rocha has been as high as No. 155 in the PIF ATP Rankings[5]. Jaime Faria recently broke into the Top 100 this year but isn't currently ranked[5]. Frederico Ferreira Silva currently languishes at No. 217[1]. Unfortunately, the search results don't detail the current highest-ranked Portuguese players in doubles. Keep in mind these rankings may have changed since the data was gathered, so peeping the official ATP or ITF websites for the freshest details would be a smart move.
Despite their individual success in singles, Nuno Borges and Arthur Rinderknech found themselves short against the formidable doubles pair of Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski, both incredible tennis players ranked 15th and 20th globally. In a tight match that lasted just 1 hour and 31 minutes, Borges and Rinderknech lost 7-6 (7-5) 6-4, their defeat leaving no Portuguese players in the second Grand Slam tournament of the season, with no representative in doubles.
