Taylor Fritz vs Nuno Borges Tokyo Prediction 9/26/2025 Today’s Tennis Picks

Second seed Taylor Fritz will face World No. 51 Nuno Borges in the second round of the 2025 Japan Open in Tokyo. The match is scheduled for Friday, September 26. Here’s our Taylor Fritz vs Nuno Borges prediction. This preview will also include a Taylor Fritz vs Nuno Borges pick.

Taylor Fritz vs Nuno Borges Preview

Taylor Fritz is the number two seed in Tokyo and opened his account this week with a hard-fought three-set win over big-serving Gabriel Diallo of Canada. Fritz lost a tight first set, which featured just one break of serve, and that went Diallo’s way who won it 6-4. Fritz responded and broke Diallo’s serve for the first time in the eighth game of the second set before fending off a break back point in the next game and held to level the match at one-set all.

Both players dropped their serve to start the third set, which went into a tiebreak. Fritz established an early lead in the breaker at 309 and did not lose any of his serves throughout to prevail 7-3 in the tiebreak. The match lasted two hours and 11 minutes. Fritz hit 13 aces and 4 double faults in total. He landed 70% of first serves in play and won 76% of first serve points (56/74). Fritz won 52% of second serve points (16/31) and saved one of three break points in the match.

Nuno Borges is unseeded in this tournament. He is ranked one spot outside the top 50. The Portuguese No. 1 beat home player Yosuke Watanuki in three sets. Like Fritz, Borges came from a set down to defeat his opponent. Borges lost the first set 6-2, but won three games in a row from a break down in the second set at 3-4. Borges dominated the third set, where he broke Watanuki’s serve twice to wrap up a 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 victory in two hours.

Borges hit 3 aces and 2 double faults in the match. He landed 73% of first serves in play and won 70% of first serve points (43/61). Borges won 41% of second serve points (9/22) and saved three of six break points in the match. Borges is competing in Tokyo for the first time and has snapped a three-match losing streak.

Taylor Fritz vs Nuno Borges Head-To-Head

Fritz and Borges have played once on tour. The American won that meeting in the last 16 of the 2024 Delray Beach Open in straight sets.

Taylor Fritz vs Nuno Borges Prediction

If Fritz was looking for a test to start his week in Tokyo, he certainly got one in the form of Diallo, and the American passed it with flying colors. Borges made Fritz work for his victory in their only ATP meeting last year in Delray, and nearly won a set. Fritz has found form though, winning four of his last five singles matches, so he should be able to command in this match without giving away too many opportunities.