Jannik Sinner survives Gregoire Barrere 7-6(3) 6-7(5) 7-5 in the 1st round in Marseille on Monday after conquering a huge battle. Sinner will play against Hugo Gaston in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 51 minutes.
Jannik added to his prize money € 2,040 after winning this match. He has won already € 7,140 after this win. If he wins the next match, Jannik will add € 3,310 to his earnings to get in total € 10,450 in total.
Sinner was happy about the outcome of the contest. While, many didn;t see a huge quality in this match, Jannik said he was happy with the level. He commented:
“I think it was a tough match. Both of us played a high level. It was a long match. We both were quite consistent in every single part of our game and at the end of the day, in the third set, there was a little bit more pressure on both sides.
He had to serve out the match. After a long match, that isn’t easy, and I was [ a break up. In the end I’m very happy about my first-round match and obviously excited to play one more match.”
Highlights Jannik Sinner vs. Gregoire Barrere Open 13 Provence – Marseille
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
The Italian won this encounter even if he scored the same amount of points of the French player (121 vs. 121).
Sinner
Sinner won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points as he converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.
Barrere
On the other side, Gregoire had some problems converting his break points (only 23% – 3/13). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Sinner and Barrere is 1-0 for Jannik.
Draw and next match H2H: Jannik Sinner vs. Hugo Gaston – stats
Sinner will play Gaston in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Jannik Sinner and Hugo Gaston since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Sinner conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 7th (3-4) game, Jannik broke back in the 8th (4-4) game before bringing the set at the breaker that he won 7-3.
Tiebreak
Jannik won 2 minibreaks in the 6th (4-2) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Barrere won a minibreak in the 4th (2-2) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3
They contested 87 points. The contest during this set was so even that Sinner won barely 1 point more than Gregoire (44-43). The Italian conceded 16 points on serve (32-16). In addition, on the other side, Barrere conceded 12 points on serve (27-12).
Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Finally, Barrere won the tiebreak at 7-5.
Tiebreak
Gregoire won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 6th (3-3), 10th (6-4) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, the Italian won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1) and 8th (4-4) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
They played 87 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the French player won just 3 more points than Jannik (45-42). The French player dropped 10 points on serve (29-10). on the other side of the net, the Italian conceded 16 points on serve (32-16).
Sinner won the set after he broke Gregoire 3 times in the 6th (4-2), in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th (7-5) game. Gregoire tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (4-5) game. Nevertheless, the Italian kept the situation under control to win the set 7-5.
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