NEW YORK. Sandgren hustles Sonego in the 1st round of the Western & Southern Open

WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Sandgren hustles Sonego to square off with Felix Auger Aliassime in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Tennys Sandgren vs. Lorenzo Sonego

Tennys Sandgren gets by Lorenzo Sonego 6-3 7-67 in the 1st round in New York on Sunday. Sandgren will face off with Felix Auger Aliassime in the 2nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Sandgren clinched in the 4th game (3-1) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-3).

Sandgren was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (2-1 0-40). On the other side, Sandgren didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 58 points. Sandgren was the one to win the set after conquering 10 more points than Sonego (34-24). The American lost 7 points on serve (21-7). on the other side of the net, Lorenzo conceded 13 points on serve (17-13).

Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Finally, the American won a thrilling breaker 8-6 after a huge fight with 14 points played.

Tiebreak

Sandgren won 4 minibreaks in the 5th (3-2), 12th (6-6), 13th (7-6) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, the Italian won 2 minibreaks in the 6th (3-3) and 7th (4-3) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5, 3-6, 4-6, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 8-c

Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. The American saved 4 set points when he was 3-5, 3-6, 4-6 and 5-6 down. On the other side, Lorenzo wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (3-2 30-40).

They played 82 points. It’s worth to point out that, Tennys won this set even if he scored less points 2 than the Italian (40-42). Tennys conceded 14 points on serve (30-14). Regarding the other side of the net, Lorenzo conceded 10 points on serve (28-10).

The American will add to his prize money $ 18,890 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 43,450 after this win. If he wins the next match, Tennys will add $ 29,800 to his earnings to earn $ 73,250 in total.

Match Statistics

Sandgren
Sonego
Tennys Sandgren
6-3 7-67
Lorenzo Sonego
75
75
Total points
67
67
39
39
Winners
33
33
52%
52%
Ratio Winners
49%
49%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
7
7
3
3
Double Faults
3
3
66%
66%
1st in
68%
68%
80%
80%
1st won
72%
72%
39/49
39/49
1st won
33/46
33/46
52%
52%
2nd won
55%
55%
13/25
13/25
2nd won
12/22
12/22
-- Break Points --
1/1
1/1
Total
0/1
0/1
100%
100%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, the American scored 75 points vs. Sonego’s 67.

The American served pretty well to win 80% of the points (39/49) behind his first serve, and he won 52% points (13/25) on his second serve. Sandgren was absolutely great in converting the only break point that he conquered. On the other side, the Italian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Sandgren and Sonego is 1-0 for Tennys.

Draw and next match H2H: Tennys Sandgren vs. Felix Auger Aliassime – stats

Sandgren will play Auger Aliassime in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Tennys Sandgren and Felix Auger Aliassime since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

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