Lorenzo Sonego aces Yannick Hanfmann 3-6 7-6(6) 6-3 in the quarter in Cagliari on Friday. Sonego is going to play against Taylor Harry Fritz in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 43 minutes.
Lorenzo added to his prize money € 6,815 after conquering this match. He has won already € 20,465 till now in the tournament. If he wins the next match, Sonego will add € 8,285 to his earnings to get in total € 28,750.
Highlights Lorenzo Sonego vs. Yannick Hanfmann Sardegna Open – Cagliari
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
Sonego won this contest even if he conquered less points than Hanfmann (100 vs. 101).
Sonego
Lorenzo was pretty good at converting 80% of the break points that he conquered (4/5).
Hanfmann
On the other side, Hanfmann was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 33% – 3/9). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Sonego and Hanfmann is 3-1 for Lorenzo.
Draw and next match H2H: Lorenzo Sonego vs. Taylor Harry Fritz – stats
Sonego will play Harry Fritz in the semifinal.
This will be the 5th time that Lorenzo Sonego and Taylor Harry Fritz play each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Harry Fritz (see full H2H stats), but Sonego leads 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Harry Fritz won 7-65 6-4 in the 1st round in Doha back in March 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Harry Fritz took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Sonego in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Notwithstanding, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Hanfmann to win the set since Sonego found the way to break back in the 7th (2-5) game.
One of the most important stints of the set was when Hanfmann won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.
They played 65 points. Hanfmann was the one to win the set after conquering 9 points more than the Italian (37-28). Hanfmann lost 8 points on serve (17-8). On the other side, the Italian conceded 20 points on serve (20-20).
Sonego clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 5th (2-3) game, Lorenzo broke back in the 10th (5-5) game before bringing the set at the breaker that he won 8-6.
Tiebreak
Sonego won 4 minibreaks in the 7th (3-4), 10th (6-4), 13th (7-6) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Yannick won 2 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0) and 12th (6-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 0-3, 1-3, 2-3, 2-4, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6
The Italian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 9th game (4-5 15-40). On the other side, Yannick converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40).
They contested 79 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Italian won this set even if he scored less points 1 than Hanfmann (39-40). Sonego surrendered 15 points on serve (27-15). on the other side of the court, Yannick conceded 12 points on serve (25-12).
Sonego had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Harry Fritz in the 1st game (1-0). Sonego reinforced his lead after breaking Yannick in the 9th (6-3) game before winning the set.
Hanfmann capitulated the 1st game (1-0) when he had a strong 40-0 lead while on serve.
Sonego was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, the German wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (1-2 30-40).
They played 56 points. Sonego was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than Hanfmann (33-23). The Italian dropped 5 points on serve (17-5). on the other side of the net, Hanfmann conceded 16 points on serve (18-16).
Tennis Scores in Cagliari
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Aljaz BedeneBedene (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (7-5 4-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Laslo DjereDjere – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-4 4-6 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (3-6 7-66 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Laslo DjereDjere – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (2-2) – H2H details and stats
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (1-3) – H2H details and stats