Nuno Borges Bio
- • Speaks both Portuguese and English.
- • Only child to mother, Virginia, and father, Paolo, who is a former Portuguese national champion in volleyball.
- • Began playing tennis at age 6 with his family at a club in their hometown of Maia. Also liked to swim, but dedicated more time to tennis.
- • Played college tennis at Mississippi State University for 4 years (2016-19), earning a degree in kinesiology and reaching 2019 NCAA singles final.
- • Favourite tournament is Estoril.
- • Idol growing up was Roger Federer: "Roger has been my one and only since the early days. Just learning how to be a professional, competing and playing matches, you really value what he does on court. How you stay calm and positive during crazy points."
- • Best advice received: "My coach Rui Machado told me that you don't win when you want to, you win when you're able to do it. It sounds better in Portuguese: Não é quando queres, é quando consegues. Sometimes you can feel great in a match, the conditions are great and everything is aligned for you to win, but somehow you don't. And when you least expect it, you're able to do it."
- • Favourite sports team is Portuguese football club FC Porto.
- • Enjoys listening to Coldplay.
- • Biggest passion outside tennis is sightseeing and travel.
- • Perfect day without tennis is relaxing at home and going to the nearby zoo in Maia.
- • Diagnosed as partially deaf in left ear.
- • Underwent left wrist surgery in 2019.
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