RIO DE JANEIRO RESULTS. Lorenzo Sonego beats Lajovic in the 2nd round of the Rio Open

RIO OPEN - RIO DE JANEIRO RESULTS. Sonego topples Lajovic to face Borna Coric in the quarter

Prediction and head to head Lorenzo Sonego vs. Dusan Lajovic

Lorenzo Sonego gets the better of Dusan Lajovic 7-65 7-65 in the 2nd round in Rio De Janeiro on Thursday. Sonego will face Borna Coric in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Sonego conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 7th (3-4) game, Sonego broke back in the 8th (4-4) game before winning the set at the following tiebreak at 5.

2nd set.

Lajovic conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Sonego in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, Sonego was not done to come back to break Dusan in the 5th (2-3) game before winning the set at the breaker at 5.

Statistics

Lorenzo won this contest even if he conquered less points than Lajovic (83 vs. 85).

The Italian served exceptionally well to win 76% of the points (44/58) behind his first serve. Anyhow he won only 45% points (13/29) on his second serve. The Italian was pretty good in converting 67% of the break points that he procured (2/3). On the other side, the Serbian didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (2/4). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Sonego and Lajovic is 1-1.

Highlights Lorenzo Sonego vs. Dusan Lajovic Rio Open – Rio de Janeiro

Next Match H2H: Lorenzo Sonego vs. Borna Coric – stats

Sonego will fight against Coric in the quarter.

There is no head to head record between Lorenzo Sonego and Borna Coric since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Rio De Janeiro

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