Jannik Sinner outpaces Hugo Gaston 6-4 6-1 in the 2nd round in Marseille on Wednesday after playing a remarkable match to come up against Daniil Medvedev or Egor Gerasimov in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 8 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 2nd round in 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.
Sinner added to his prize money € 3,310 after winning this match. He has won already € 10,450 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Italian will add € 4,850 to his earnings to get in total € 15,300 in total.
Sinner was elated about the outcome of the match. He commented:
“There are some key points in every set, and when he came back [in the first set], I was just trying to stay there mentally. I think I did that, and I’m very proud of that. In the second set, I tried to start strong.”
Highlights Jannik Sinner vs. Hugo Gaston Open 13 Provence – Marseille
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:08
At the end of the match, the Italian scored 59 points vs. Hugo’s 38.
Sinner
Sinner served extremely well to win 89% of the points (24/27) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (12/24) on his second serve. Sinner won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points as he converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.
Gaston
On the other side, Gaston was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Sinner and Gaston is 1-0 for Jannik.
Draw and next match H2H: Jannik Sinner vs. Daniil Medvedev or Egor Gerasimov – stats
Sinner will play either Daniil Medvedev or Egor Gerasimov in the 3rd round. The head to head is 0-1 vs. Daniil Medvedev and 0-0 vs. Egor Gerasimov.
Live score progression and stats
The Italian won the set after he broke Gaston 3 times in the 7th (4-3), in the 8th (5-3) and in the 10th (6-4) game. Gaston tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. Nevertheless, the Italian maintained the focus to conquer the set 6-4.
Jannik failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 30.
Jannik converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 8th (4-3 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, Gaston converted 100% of his break points (2/2). He had his opportunities in the 9th game (3-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 55 points. Jannik was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than the French player (30-25). Sinner conceded 10 points on serve (18-10). On the other side, Hugo conceded 12 points on serve (15-12).
Sinner started the set strong after breaking Medvedev in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Jannik managed to strengthen his lead after breaking the French player in the 2nd (2-0) and in the 6th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).
They contested 38 points. The Italian won 18 points more than Gaston (28-10). Sinner was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). On the losing side, the French player conceded 12 points on serve (6-12).
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- Jannik SinnerSinner – Hugo GastonGaston (6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
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