Jannik Sinner bests Gerasimov in the 2nd round of the Sofia Open. HIGHLIGHTS – SOFIA RESULTS

SOFIA OPEN - SOFIA DRAW AND RESULTS. Sinner beats Gerasimov to play James Duckworth in the quarter

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Jannik Sinner vs. Egor Gerasimov

Jannik Sinner ousts Egor Gerasimov 6-2 7-6(3) in the 2nd round in Sofia on Thursday. Sinner will seek to keep on going in this event against James Duckworth in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 41 minutes. The Italian won this tournament once in 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.

Sinner
Sofia
Sinner's Record

Jannik added to his prize money € 5,000 after winning this match. He has won already € 14,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Sinner will add € 7,000 to his earnings to get in total € 21,000 in total.

Highlights Jannik Sinner vs. Egor Gerasimov Sofia Open – Sofia

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Sinner
Gerasimov
Jannik Sinner
6-2 7-63
1h:41
Egor Gerasimov
75
75
Total points
56
56
29
29
Winners
27
27
39%
39%
Ratio Winners
48%
48%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
2
2
2
2
Double Faults
4
4
54%
54%
1st in
61%
61%
81%
81%
1st won
69%
69%
29/36
29/36
1st won
27/39
27/39
58%
58%
2nd won
36%
36%
18/31
18/31
2nd won
9/25
9/25
-- Break Points --
3/7
3/7
Total
1/8
1/8
43%
43%
Won
13%
13%
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At the end of the match, Jannik scored 75 points vs. Gerasimov’s 56.

Sinner

The Italian served very well to win 81% of the points (29/36) behind his first serve, and he won 58% points (18/31) on his second serve. Jannik won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points after he converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.

Gerasimov

On the other side, Egor was struggling when converting his break points (only 13% – 1/8). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Sinner and Gerasimov is 2-0 for Jannik.

Draw and next match H2H: Jannik Sinner vs. James Duckworth – stats

Sinner will take on Duckworth in the quarter.

This will be the 3rd time that Jannik Sinner and James Duckworth square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Sinner and Duckworth (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on I.hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Duckworth won 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Toronto back in August 2021.

Jannik Sinner Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Sinner was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Egor Gerasimov in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. The Italian extended his lead after breaking the Belarussian in the 8th (6-2) game before conquering the set.

Sinner was spot on in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 0-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). On the other side, Egor was unable to convert any of his 5 break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (2-4 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 51 points. The Italian was the one to win the set after conquering 13 more points than Egor (32-19). Jannik dropped 8 points on serve (19-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Egor conceded 13 points on serve (11-13).

The Italian won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 9th (4-5) game, Sinner broke back in the 10th (5-5) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that he won 7-3.

Tiebreak

Jannik won 3 minibreaks in the 6th (4-2), 7th (5-2) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Egor won a minibreak in the 8th (3-5) point.

The Italian won the tiebreak 7-3 after he conquered a decisive 5-3 lead.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3

They contested 80 points. Jannik conquered the set after winning 8 points more than Egor (44-36). Jannik dropped 12 points on serve (29-12). on the other side of the court, Gerasimov conceded 15 points on serve (24-15).

 

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