Jannik Sinner won his third consecutive match against Roberto Bautista-Agut to face Andrey Rublev in the quarter-final in Barcelona. The young Italian has fantastic tennis and nerves of steels and that can be validated by some numbers.
Italian journalist Giorgio Spalluto posted an interesting statistic showing that Jannik Sinner is the tennis player that saved the most number of break points in 2021. Obviously, this statistic can be read in many different ways. Jannik has already played 23 matches in the season and even if he was so good at saving so many break points, he probably needs to arrive to a point that he concedes fewer break points (probably by improving his game when serving on the deuce court?).
Still this statistic is quite remarkable.
Sinner è il tennista ad aver annullato più palle break in stagione#Sinner 115 (su 170)
Bublik 107 (161)
Evans 97 (140)
Chardy 98 (166)
Rublev 94 (142)
Kecmanovic 92 (155)
Tiafoe 89 (135)Quando ne salverà meno sarà meglio, perché vorrà dire che ne avrà concesse meno! pic.twitter.com/3HCrXbid07
— Giorgio Spalluto (@GeorgeSpalluto) April 22, 2021
Sinner in Barcelona, ranking, and results in 2021
At the moment ranked no.19 (career-high), Sinner has a compiled 17-6 match record in 2021. The Italian is participating in Barcelona where he conquered Egor Gerasimov 6-3 6-2 and Roberto Bautista Agut 7-69 6-2.
Jannik Sinner will fight against the world no.7 Andrey Rublev in the quarter. Their actual head to head record is 1-0 for Rublev.
The Italian conquered 1 title in 2021 in Melbourne. The Italian was the runner-up in Miami (Miami Open).
Rublev in Barcelona, ranking, and results in 2021
Ranked no.7 (career-high), the Russian has a compiled 26-5 win-loss record in 2021. The Russian is playing at the moment in Barcelona where he overcame Federico Gaio 6-4 6-3 and Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-4 6-74 6-4.
Andrey Rublev will come up against the world no.19 Jannik Sinner in the quarter. Their actual head to head record is 1-0 for Rublev.
The Russian has won 1 title in 2021 in Rotterdam. The Russian was the finalist in Carlo (Monte).
The Russian won 8 titles in his career: 2 on hard courts, 2 on clay courts and 4 on indoor courts. (See the list of his titles)
Jannik Sinner and Andrey Rublev squared off just 1 time. The head to head is 1-0 for Rublev. When they played, Andrey Rublev won 2-1 ret. in the 2nd round in Vienna (Erste Bank Open) in October 2020.
Jannik Sinner and Andrey Rublev |
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