Aljaz Bedene outlasts Jannik Sinner 3-6 6-2 7-6(3) in the 1st round in Montpellier on Wednesday after conquering a huge battle. Bedene will play against Egor Gerasimov in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 38 minutes.
Jannik was clearly struggling with a lower-back injury to get a weird medical time out when he was 2-4 down in during the decisive tiebreak.
Aljaz added to his prize money € 1,500 after winning this match. He has won already € 5,500 after this win. If he wins the next match, Aljaz will add € 2,700 to his earnings to get in total € 8,200 in total.
Highlights Aljaz Bedene vs. Jannik Sinner Open Sud de France – Montpellier
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:38
The Slovenian won this match even if he won less points than Sinner (95 vs. 99).
Bedene
Bedene fired 14 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Aljaz won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points as he converted only 33% (2/6) of the procured opportunities.
Sinner
On the other side, the Italian had a tough time converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Bedene and Sinner is 3-1 for Aljaz.
Draw and next match H2H: Aljaz Bedene vs. Egor Gerasimov – stats
Bedene will compete against Gerasimov in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Aljaz Bedene and Egor Gerasimov since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Jannik conquered in the 4th game (3-1) just before eventually conquering the set (6-3).
Jannik was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (2-1 30-40). On the other side, Jannik didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 52 points. Jannik won 12 points more than the Slovenian (32-20). Sinner was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (20-3). Regarding the other side of the net, the Slovenian conceded 12 points on serve (17-12).
The Slovenian in this set was in much better shape than Jannik and finally he won 6-2 after breaking Sinner in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
They played 55 points. Aljaz was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than the Italian (32-23). Bedene lost 11 points on serve (21-11). In addition, on the other side, Sinner conceded 11 points on serve (12-11).
Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Eventually, Aljaz won the tiebreak at 7-3.
Tiebreak
The Slovenian won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 3rd (2-1), 6th (4-2), 7th (5-2) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, the Italian won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (2-2) and 8th (3-5) point.
Bedene won the tiebreak 7-3 after he conquered a decisive 5-3 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3
Bedene wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 2nd game (1-0 40-A). On the other side, the Italian was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 4th game (2-2 30-40).
They played 87 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally Bedene won just 1 point more than Sinner (44-43). Aljaz lost 17 points on serve (31-17). In addition, on the other side, Jannik conceded 13 points on serve (26-13).
Tennis Scores in Montpellier
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- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Marcos GironGiron (6-2 6-75 6-3) – Stats and score progression
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- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Lucas PouillePouille (7-66 6-2) – Stats and score progression
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Upcoming matches
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- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Dennis NovakNovak (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jiri VeselyVesely – Peter GojowczykGojowczyk (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – David GoffinGoffin (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (1-0) – H2H details and stats
