Lorenzo Sonego dispatches Gaston in the 1st round of the Open Sud de France. HIGHLIGHTS – MONTPELLIER RESULTS

OPEN SUD DE FRANCE - MONTPELLIER DRAW AND RESULTS. Sonego aces Gaston to compete against Sebastian Korda in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Lorenzo Sonego vs. Hugo Gaston

Lorenzo Sonego gets the better of Hugo Gaston 6-3 6-7(7) 6-1 in the 1st round in Montpellier on Monday. Sonego will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Sebastian Korda in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 19 minutes.

Sonego
Montpellier
Sonego's Record

Sonego added to his prize money € 1,500 after conquering this match. He has won already € 5,500 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Italian will add € 2,700 to his earnings to get in total € 8,200 in total.

Highlights Lorenzo Sonego vs. Hugo Gaston Open Sud de France – Montpellier

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Sonego
Gaston
Lorenzo Sonego
6-3 6-77 6-1
2h:19
Hugo Gaston
105
105
Total points
86
86
46
46
Winners
33
33
44%
44%
Ratio Winners
38%
38%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
2
2
2
2
Double Faults
4
4
73%
73%
1st in
58%
58%
69%
69%
1st won
58%
58%
46/67
46/67
1st won
33/57
33/57
60%
60%
2nd won
52%
52%
15/25
15/25
2nd won
22/42
22/42
-- Break Points --
6/12
6/12
Total
3/5
3/5
50%
50%
Won
60%
60%
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At the end of the match, Sonego scored 105 points vs. the French player’s 86.

Sonego

The Italian was pretty effective at converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (6/12).

Gaston

On the other side, Gaston was effective at converting 60% of the break points that he procured points (3/5). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Lorenzo Sonego vs. Sebastian Korda – stats

Sonego will play Korda in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Lorenzo Sonego and Sebastian Korda since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Lorenzo Sonego Draw info

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 clinched in the 6th game (4-2) just before ultimately conquering the set (6-3).

Lorenzo converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 30-40). On the other side, Hugo wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5th game (2-2 30-40).

They played 51 points. Lorenzo was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than the French player (30-21). Sonego dropped 6 points on serve (21-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Hugo conceded 9 points on serve (15-9).

Sonego had a racing start in this set after breaking Korda in the 1st game (1-0). However, the French player refused to bow to come back to break Lorenzo in the 8th (4-4) and in the 12th (6-6) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 7.

Tiebreak

The French player won 5 minibreaks in the 3rd (1-2), 6th (4-2), 14th (7-7), 15th (8-7) and 16th (9-7) point. On the other side, Sonego won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 7th (3-4), 9th (4-5) and 12th (6-6) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 8-7, 9-7

The French player converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 30-40), the 8th (3-4 15-40) and the 12th game (5-6 0-40). Gaston saved 1 set point when he was trailing 5-6. Furthermore, on the other side, the Italian converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 92 points. Hugo was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than Lorenzo (48-44). The French player surrendered 22 points on serve (30-22). Regarding the other side of the net, Lorenzo conceded 18 points on serve (22-18).

Sonego overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Korda in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Yet, that wasn’t sufficient for Sonego to win the set as the French player found the way to break back in the 5th (1-4) game. The Italian kept his focus to break Gaston in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).

One of the most important stints of the set was when the Italian won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set so as to change the game count from 0-0 to 4-0.

Lorenzo converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A), the 4th (3-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, the French player was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (0-4 40-A).

They contested 46 points. Lorenzo was the one to win the set after conquering 14 points more than Gaston (30-16). Lorenzo lost 9 points on serve (17-9). In addition, on the other side, Gaston conceded 13 points on serve (7-13).

 

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