Lorenzo Sonego ousts Taylor Harry Fritz 6-4 5-7 6-1 in the semifinal in Cagliari on Saturday. Sonego will face off with Laslo Djere in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 38 minutes.
Sonego added to his prize money € 8,285 after conquering this match. He has won already € 28,750 after this win. If he wins the next match, Lorenzo will add € 11,350 to his earnings to get in total € 40,100 in total.
Highlights Lorenzo Sonego vs. Taylor Harry Fritz Sardegna Open – Cagliari
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Italian scored 101 points vs. Fritz’s 91.
Sonego
The Italian won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points after he converted only 44% (8/18) of the procured opportunities.
Fritz
On the other side, Fritz was battling in converting his break points (only 45% – 5/11). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Sonego and Fritz is 2-3 for Taylor Harry.
Draw and next match H2H: Lorenzo Sonego vs. Laslo Djere – stats
Sonego will fight against Djere in the final.
This will be the 3rd time that Lorenzo Sonego and Laslo Djere face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Sonego and Djere (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
Live score progression and stats
The Italian won the set after he broke Fritz in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game. Fritz tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. Anyhow, Sonego refused to give way to conquer the set 6-4.
Sonego had a strong start of this set after breaking Djere in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. However, the American succeeded in coming back to break Lorenzo 4 times in the 4th (1-3), in the 6th (3-3), in the 11th (6-5) gamein the 12th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when Fritz won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to bring the scoreline from 0-3 to 4-3.
The American converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (0-3 0-40), the 6th (2-3 15-40) and the 12th game (6-5 40-A). On the other side, Sonego was spot on in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40).
They played 76 points. Fritz won 6 points more than Lorenzo (41-35). Fritz lost 18 points on serve (24-18). In addition, on the other side, Lorenzo conceded 17 points on serve (17-17).
Sonego had a strong start of this set after breaking Djere in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Nonetheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Lorenzo to win the set since the American succeeded in breaking back in the 6th (1-5) game. Lorenzo kept his cool to break Fritz in the 7th (6-1) game.
Lorenzo failed to serve out the set when leading 5-0 to be broken at 0.
An important stage of this set was when Sonego won 5 consecutive games in the 3rd set so as to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.
They played 41 points. The Italian was the winner of the set after clinching 13 points more than Fritz (27-14). Sonego lost 8 points on serve (10-8). In addition, on the other side, Fritz conceded 17 points on serve (6-17).
Tennis Scores in Cagliari
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (6-4 5-7 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Laslo DjereDjere – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-2 6-0) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Laslo DjereDjere – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (1-1) – H2H details and stats
