Jannik Sinner and Egor Gerasimov will face off in the 2nd round of the Sofia Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 8:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jannik Sinner who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jannik Sinner is the pick to win this match.
Jannik Sinner -> 1.23
Egor Gerasimov -> 4.4
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Prediction and head to head Jannik Sinner vs. Egor Gerasimov
This will be the 2nd time that Jannik Sinner and Egor Gerasimov square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Sinner (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Sinner won 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Barcelona back in April 2021.
Highlights Jannik Sinner vs Egor Gerasimov – Barcelona 20-April-2021
Jannik Sinner
Ranked no. 14 (career-high), Sinner will start his run in Sofia after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 6-4 6-4 7-6(7) to Zverev in the 4th round on the 6th of September.
The Italian has an overall 33-17 win-loss record in 2021, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was conquering the title in in Melbourne where he overcame Stefano Travaglia in the final 7-6(4) 6-4 and in in Washington where he beat Mackenzie Mcdonald in the final 7-5 4-6 7-5.
Talking about his overall career, Sinner has an overall 146-77 record. He has a positive 45-15 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in Sofia
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2020. See his history.
Egor Gerasimov
Ranked no. 112, Egor reached the 2nd round after beating Evgeny Donskoy 6-3 7-64, Altug Celikbilek 7-66 6-3 and Vasek Pospisil 5-7 7-68 6-3.
In the 1st round against Pospisil, Gerasimov recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 7-68 6-3). During the match Gerasimov scored 116 points vs Pospisil’s 114. The Belarussian was extremely aggressive to blast 60 winners.
Talking about serving, Gerasimov managed to score 16 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Overall, Egor Gerasimov was exceptionally effective on serve to win 75% (60/80) of his 1st serve and 52% (24/46) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Gerasimov broke Pospisil twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).
Gerasimov’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Montpellier.
The Belarussian has an aggregate 17-24 win-loss record in 2021, 8-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Sofia
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2020. See his history.
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Sofia
- Gianluca MagerMager – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (7-63 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- John MillmanMillman – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Benoit PairePaire (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Marcos GironGiron – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Laslo DjereDjere – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (2-5) – H2H and prediction
- Ilya IvashkaIvashka – Gael MonfilsMonfils (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (1-0) – H2H and prediction