Five wins, four days and two flights in between: Nuno Borges cannot be stopped!

Nothing nor no one can stop Nuno Borges right now.

On Saturday, the Maia, Portugal native pulled double duty to win quarterfinal and semifinal matches at the Phoenix Challenger.  On Sunday, he rallied from a set down to topple Alexander Shevchenko in capturing the ATP Challenger Tour’s inaugural 175-level crown.

Having celebrated his biggest career splash (he jumped into a pool for good measure), Borges remained hungry for more despite a chaotic itinerary to come. In order to make it for the start of Monday’s Miami Open qualifying, Borges flew on a red eye out of Phoenix, connected in Atlanta, and landed in Miami at 11 a.m. after a technical issue forced his second flight to wait for a change in aircraft.

A nap and short hit were enough to carry Borges, who vaulted to a career-high No. 68 in the latest ATP rankings this week, to an opening 6-4, 6-4 victory over Steve Johnson.

“I probably got about 4.5 hours total sleep,” he told the ATP website. “Maybe two hours on the first flight, 90 minutes on the second flight and then an hour’s nap at the hotel.”

Back at it Tuesday, Borges survived Borna Gojo, 6-4, 6-7 (6), 7-6 (6), putting the disappointment of missing a second-set match point behind him to prevail after two hours and 30 minutes. Two points from defeat himself, the result of coming out on the winning side yet again clinched Borges his first main-draw appearance at an ATP Masters 1000 event.

Five wins in four days at two venues separated by a couple thousand miles. Sleep is for the weak they say, but this is taking that adage to a whole new dimension. Whether or not he makes it six wins in five days Wednesday against Emil Ruusuvuori, good on you, Nuno!