Stan Wawrinka destroys Jannik Sinner 6-3 6-2 in the semifinal in Antwerp on Saturday after playing a superlative match to play Andy Murray in the final.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Sinner had a racing start in this set after breaking Wawrinka in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, Stanislas succeeded in coming back to break the Italian in the 4th (2-2) and in the 6th (4-2) game before winning the set (6-3).
A crucial moment of the match was when Stanislas won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-2 to 5-2.
2nd set.
Wawrinka enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Sinner in the 1st game (1-0). The Swiss managed to strengthen his lead after breaking Jannik in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).
Statistics
At the end of the match, the Swiss scored 58 points vs. the Italian’s 38 points.
Wawrinka served very well to win 81% of the points (21/26) behind his first serve, and he won 65% points (13/20) on his second serve. Wawrinka won this match even if he was struggling in finding the solution in converting his break points as he converted only 44% (4/9). On the other side, the Italian was pretty good in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (1/2). However, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Wawrinka and Sinner is 2-0 for Stanislas.
Next Match: Stan Wawrinka vs. Andy Murray – stats
Wawrinka will come up against Murray in the final.
This will be the 20th time that Stan Wawrinka and Andy Murray face off. The head to head is 11-8 for Murray (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on I.hard.
The last time that they played each other, Murray won 6-1 6-3 in the 1st round in Eastbourne back in 2018.
Tennis Scores in Antwerp
- Andy MurrayMurray – Ugo HumbertHumbert (3-6 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Jannik SinnerSinner (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Andy MurrayMurray (8-11) – See H2H details
