Lorenzo Sonego gets by Rublev in the quarter. HIGHLIGHTS – ROME RESULTS

INTERNAZIONALI BNL D'ITALIA - ROME DRAW AND RESULTS. Sonego topples Rublev to take on Novak Djokovic in the semifinal

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Lorenzo Sonego vs. Andrey Rublev

Lorenzo Sonego wins against Andrey Rublev 3-6 6-4 6-3 in the quarter in Rome on Saturday. Sonego will seek to keep on going in this event against Novak Djokovic in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 33 minutes. This will be his best result in this event. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 2nd round in 2018 and 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.

Sonego
Rome
Sonego's Record

Lorenzo added to his prize money € 37,200 after conquering this match. He has won already € 82,300 until now in this tournament. If he wins the next match, Lorenzo will add € 62,700 to his earnings to get in total € 145,000.

Highlights Lorenzo Sonego vs. Andrey Rublev Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Sonego
Rublev
Lorenzo Sonego
3-6 6-4 6-3
2h:33
Andrey Rublev
100
100
Total points
99
99
50
50
Winners
39
39
50%
50%
Ratio Winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
7
7
1
1
Double Faults
0
0
64%
64%
1st in
61%
61%
70%
70%
1st won
72%
72%
50/71
50/71
1st won
39/54
39/54
43%
43%
2nd won
47%
47%
17/40
17/40
2nd won
16/34
16/34
-- Break Points --
3/4
3/4
Total
2/13
2/13
75%
75%
Won
15%
15%
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At the end of the match, the Italian scored 100 points vs. the Russian’s 99.

Sonego

The Italian was well focused in converting 75% of the break points that he conquered (3/4).

Rublev

On the other side, Rublev was battling in converting his break points (only 15% – 2/13). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Sonego and Rublev is 1-2 for Andrey.

Draw and next match H2H: Lorenzo Sonego vs. Novak Djokovic – stats

Sonego will play Djokovic in the semifinal.

This will be the 2nd time that Lorenzo Sonego and Novak Djokovic face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Sonego (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

Lorenzo Sonego Draw info

Live score progression and stats

The Russian won the set after he broke the Italian in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game.

Andrey failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 0.

Rublev was unable to break Lorenzo in the 5th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Rublev was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (17-4). On the losing side, the Italian conceded 20 points on serve (22-20).

Sonego overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Djokovic in the 1st game (1-0). That break was the key and it was sufficient for Lorenzo to win the set (6-4) as no one dropped a serve anymore.

Sonego was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 40-A). On the other side, Rublev was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40).

They contested 67 points. Sonego won 5 points more than Rublev (36-31). The Italian conceded 9 points on serve (22-9). On the losing side, the Russian conceded 14 points on serve (22-14).

The Italian won the set after he broke Rublev in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.

They played 71 points. The Italian won 9 more points than Rublev (40-31). The Italian surrendered 14 points on serve (24-14). On the losing side, the Russian conceded 16 points on serve (17-16).

 

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