Dusan Lajovic downs Marco Cecchinato 6-4 6-74 6-1 in the 1st round in Rio De Janeiro on Tuesday. Lajovic will clash against Lorenzo Sonego in the 2nd round.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Lajovic conquered in the 7th game (4-3) before winning the set (6-4).
2nd set.
Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Eventually, the Italian won the tiebreak at 4.
3rd set.
Lajovic was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Cecchinato in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. The Serbian managed to boost his lead after breaking Cecchinato in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).
A defining moment of this match was when Lajovic won 5 consecutive games in the 3rd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.
Statistics
At the end of the match, Dusan scored 110 points vs. Cecchinato’s 90 points.
Dusan served extremely well to win 85% of the points (50/59) behind his first serve, and he won 55% points (18/33) on his second serve. Lajovic won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points as he converted only 33% (3/9). On the other side, Marco wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Lajovic and Cecchinato is 2-1 for Dusan.
Highlights Dusan Lajovic vs. Marco Cecchinato Rio Open – Rio de Janeiro
Next Match H2H: Dusan Lajovic vs. Lorenzo Sonego – stats
Lajovic will compete against Sonego in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Dusan Lajovic and Lorenzo Sonego face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Lajovic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
Tennis Scores in Rio De Janeiro
- Borna CoricCoric – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (7-65 7-5) – See score progression
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (6-2 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (6-4 6-74 6-1) – See score progression
- Attila BalazsBalazs – Pablo CuevasCuevas (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Gianluca MagerMager – Casper RuudRuud (7-64 7-5) – See score progression
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Leonardo MayerMayer (6-1 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Guido PellaPella (5-7 6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (5-7 7-63 7-5) – See score progression
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (7-62 4-6 7-62) – See score progression
- Pablo AndujarAndujar – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Federico DelbonisDelbonis – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Hugo DellienDellien (3-6 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Christian GarinGarin – Andrej MartinMartin (4-6 7-5 7-65) – See score progression
- Federico CoriaCoria – Corentin MoutetMoutet (1-6 7-61 7-63) – See score progression
- Joao DominguesDomingues – Federico GaioGaio (7-6(8) 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Federico DelbonisDelbonis – Christian GarinGarin (0-0) – See H2H details
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Attila BalazsBalazs (0-0) – See H2H details
- Joao DominguesDomingues – Pedro SousaSousa (0-0) – See H2H details
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (2-0) – See H2H details
- Borna CoricCoric – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (0-0) – See H2H details
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Pablo AndujarAndujar (0-0) – See H2H details
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Dusan LajovicLajovic (0-1) – See H2H details
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Federico CoriaCoria (0-0) – See H2H details
