Mississippi State
Men's Tennis Singles First Round: Borges vs. Navone (ARG)
Borges' Olympic Journey Continues In Doubles
July 28, 2024 | Men's Tennis, Olympic Games
PARIS – Nuno Borges' journey as Mississippi State's first men's tennis Olympian will continue in doubles.
Borges and his Portuguese partner Francisco Cabral battled back to beat the Greek brotherly duo of Petros and Stefanos Tsitipas 3-6, 6-3, 1-0[10] on Sunday at Roland-Garros.
Borges, who lettered for the Bulldogs from 2016-19, and Cabral now move on to face Germany's Dominik Koepfer and Jan-Lennard Struff on Tuesday at 10 a.m. CT.
The doubles victory was the second match that Borges competed in on Sunday. The former five-time All-American, 2019 ITA National Player of the Year and current No. 42 competitor in the world was eliminated from singles competition in the first round by 36th-ranked Mariano Navone of Argentina 6-2, 6-2.
Another former Bulldog found success on Sunday as well. Two-time All-SEC performer Florian Broska (2018-22) won his second ITF singles title of the year by dominating the M15 Metzingen in his home country of Germany.
Broska downed Hazem Naw of Syria in straight sets 7-5, 6-2 to claim the championship. Broska also won the singles title at the M15 Monastir back in March and also took home the doubles championship at that event playing alongside his partner at State, Gregor Ramskogler.
Bulldog signees Niccolo Baroni and Mario Martinez Serrano also earned singles wins in their home countries on Sunday.
Baroni blanked India's Chinmaya Dev Chauhan in straight sets 6-0, 6-0 in the opening round of qualifying at the M25 Bolzano in Italy while Martinez Serrano topped Angel Hernandez of Venezuela 6-3, 2-6, 1-0[7] in the first round qualifying at the M15 Xativa in Spain.
Baroni and Martinez Serrano are expected to join Matt Roberts' roster when they enroll next month.
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