Jannik Sinner will clash against the talented Hugo Gaston in the 2nd round in Miami on Friday for the second time in his career. Jannik and Hugo have played each other recently in the 2nd round in Marseille where the upcoming Italian won 6-4 6-1 in just 1 hour and 8 minutes.
Sinner is widely considered as the favorite to win also in Miami and that should happen again in straight sets. In the meantime, here the highlights of their recent match in France.
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. the French player’s 38.
Sinner
The Italian served pretty 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 had some problems converting his break points as he converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.
Gaston
On the other side, Hugo had a tough time converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Sinner and Gaston is 1-0 for Jannik.
Live score progression and stats
Sinner won the set after he broke Hugo 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. Nonetheless, the Italian managed to stay calm and finish the job to conquer the set 6-4.
Jannik failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 30.
The Italian 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). Moreover, on the other side, Hugo converted 100% of his break points (2/2). He had his opportunities in the 9th game (3-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 55 points. Sinner was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than the French player (30-25). Sinner dropped 10 points on serve (18-10). Regarding the other side of the net, Gaston conceded 12 points on serve (15-12).
Sinner conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Jannik reinforced his lead after breaking Hugo in the 2nd (2-0) and in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
They played 38 points. Sinner was the winner of the set after clinching 18 more points than Gaston (28-10). Sinner was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). In addition, on the other side, the French player conceded 12 points on serve (6-12).
