Ugo Humbert topples Lorenzo Sonego 5-7 6-3 6-1 in the 3rd round in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters on Thursday. Humbert will play Casper Ruud in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 52 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this event. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2021, 2022 and 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
Ugo added to his prize money € 69,620 after winning this match. He has already won € 149,685 after this win. If he wins the next match, Ugo will add € 124,740 to his earnings to get in total € 274,425 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:52
At the end of the match, Ugo scored 106 points vs. Sonego’s 92.
Humbert
The French player won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points after he converted only 31% (4/13) of the procured opportunities.
Sonego
On the other side, Sonego was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 10% – 1/10). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Humbert and Sonego is 3-2 for Ugo.
Draw and next match H2H: Ugo Humbert vs. Casper Ruud – stats
Humbert will take on Ruud in the quarter.
This will be the 5th time that Ugo Humbert and Casper Ruud square off. The head to head is 3-1 for Humbert (see full H2H stats), but Ruud leads 1-0 on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Italian conquered in the 11th game (6-5) before ultimately winning the set (7-5).
The French player was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 4-5 to 7-5.
Lorenzo was perfect in converting all his break points in the 9th (4-4 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Humbert wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 8th game (4-3 30-40).
They played 84 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Lorenzo won just 2 points more than Humbert (43-41). Lorenzo conceded 11 points on serve (25-11). On the losing side, Ugo conceded 18 points on serve (30-18).
Similarly to the 1st set, the set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition on serve. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Humbert clinched in the 8th game (5-3) prior to finally conquering the set (6-3).
Sonego was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-3 to 6-3.
Ugo converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 8th (4-3 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (6-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Lorenzo was unable to convert any of his 6 break points. He had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 5th game (2-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 71 points. Ugo conquered the set after winning 7 more points than Lorenzo (39-32). Ugo lost 11 points on serve (22-11). on the other side of the court, Lorenzo conceded 17 points on serve (21-17).
Humbert had a favorable start in this set after breaking Lorenzo Sonego in the 2nd game (2-0). Ugo improved his lead after breaking Sonego in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.
The Italian was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-1 to 6-1.
Humbert converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (3-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40). On the other side, the French player didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 43 points. Humbert conquered the set after winning 9 points more than Lorenzo (26-17). Ugo surrendered 5 points on serve (12-5). on the other side of the court, Lorenzo conceded 14 points on serve (12-14).
Tennis Scores in Monte Carlo Rolex Masters
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (5-7 6-3 6-1)
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-4 6-2)
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (7-5 6-3)
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (6-3 7-5)
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Alexander ZverevZverev (7-5 7-63)
- Holger RuneRune – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (7-69 3-6 7-62)
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-3 6-4)
- Casper RuudRuud – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-4 6-2)
Upcoming matches
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (7-1) – H2H details and stats
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Casper RuudRuud (3-1) – H2H details and stats
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Jannik SinnerSinner (2-1) – H2H details and stats
