Ugo Humbert topples Lorenzo Sonego 7-5 3-6 6-0 in the 1st round in Beijing on Thursday. Humbert will play Andrey Rublev in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 25 minutes.
Highlights Ugo Humbert vs. Lorenzo Sonego China Open – Beijing
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Ugo scored 88 points vs. the Italian’s 80.
Humbert
The French player served pretty well to win 76% of the points (34/45) behind his first serve. Nonetheless he won only 49% points (17/35) on his second serve. The French player won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points since he converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities.
Sonego
On the other side, Lorenzo was battling in converting his break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Humbert and Sonego is 2-2.
Draw and next match H2H: Ugo Humbert vs. Andrey Rublev – stats
Humbert will square off with Rublev in the 2nd round.
This will be the 5th time that Ugo Humbert and Andrey Rublev fight against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Rublev (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Rublev won 7-5 6-3 in the 3rd round in Indian Wells back in March 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the French player grabbed in the 11th game (6-5) prior to ultimately conquering the set (7-5).
The Italian was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 4-5 to 7-5.
Ugo converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 11th (5-5 15-40) and the 13th game (7-4 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, the Italian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 8th game (4-3 30-40).
They contested 73 points. Ugo was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than the Italian (39-34). Ugo conceded 12 points on serve (26-12). On the other side, Sonego conceded 13 points on serve (22-13).
Humbert had a strong start of this set after breaking Lorenzo Sonego in the 2nd game (2-0). Lorenzo managed to boost his lead after breaking Humbert in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
Humbert was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-3 to 6-3.
The Italian was spot on in converting all his break points in the 0th (1-2 30-40), the 4th (1-2 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 0-40 and 15-40). In addition on the other side, the French player was flawless in converting all his break points in the 3rd (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5th game (2-2 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 65 points. Lorenzo was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than the French player (37-28). The Italian dropped 11 points on serve (22-11). On the losing side, Ugo conceded 15 points on serve (17-15).
The Italian was totally subdued and the French player won the set 6-0.
The French player converted 60% of his break points (3/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 4th (3-0 30-40) and the 6th game (5-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Ugo didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 32 points. The French player was the winner of the set after clinching 12 points more than the Italian (22-10). The French player was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (8-2). Regarding the other side of the net, Sonego conceded 14 points on serve (8-14).
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