Jannik Sinner aces Sebastian Ofner 6-2 6-4 in the final in Ortisei Challenger on Sunday. After this week, the Italian will be ranked no.78 in the world. He is going to be a player to watch next year.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
The Italian in this set was much more effective than the Austrian and therefore he won 6-2 after breaking the Austrian in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
The Austrian had to surrender the 7th game (5-2) when he was 40-0 up.
Ofner was outplayed in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-2 to 6-2).
2nd set.
Sinner had a favorable start in this set after breaking Ofner in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Sinner to win the set as Ofner managed to break back in the 4th (2-2) game. Jannik kept his cool to break Ofner in the 9th (5-4) game before conquering the set (6-4).
Statistics
At the end of the match, the Italian scored 67 points vs. Sebastian’s 50 points.
Sinner served pretty well to win 83% of the points (25/30) behind his first serve, and he won 59% points (10/17) on his second serve. The Italian won this match even if he was struggling in converting his break points since he converted only 33% (4/12). On the other side, the Austrian was effective in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (1/2). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this contest, the head to head between Sinner and Ofner is 1-0.
Highlights Jannik Sinner vs. Sebastian Ofner Ortisei Challenger
Sinner’s Interview
After the match Janni commented “Everything went quickly. Not that long time ago, I sat in the stands and watched the matches of Andreas. Winning the title here is a super feeling. To finish the season in front of this great crowd is fantastic. Friends and family are here. It was an fantastic atmosphere and the organization was great.”
Tennis Scores in Ortisei Challenger
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Sebastian OfnerOfner (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
