Jannik Sinner defeats Filip Krajinovic 6-3 7-5 in the semifinal in Sofia on Saturday. Sinner will seek to keep on going in this event against Gael Monfils in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 46 minutes. Jannik won this tournament once in 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Italian added to his prize money € 8,500 after conquering this match. He has won already € 29,500 after this win. If he wins the next match, Jannik will add € 11,645 to his earnings to get in total € 41,145 in total.
Sinner was pleased about the outcome of the match. He commented:
”It was a very tough match against him. We practise at times together, so we know each other’s games a little bit. There was a chance to go to a tie-break, which I luckily avoided. I am happy to be in the final here again.”
Highlights Jannik Sinner vs. Filip Krajinovic Sofia Open – Sofia
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Sinner scored 75 points vs. Krajinovic’s 58.
Sinner
The Italian served extremely well to win 77% of the points (23/30) behind his first serve, and he won 62% points (16/26) on his second serve. The Italian was pretty good at converting 50% of the break points that he procured (4/8).
Krajinovic
On the other side, the Serbian was pretty focused in converting 67% of the break points that he conquered points (2/3). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Sinner and Krajinovic is 1-0 for Jannik.
Draw and next match H2H: Jannik Sinner vs. Gael Monfils – stats
Sinner will compete against Monfils in the final.
This will be the 4th time that Jannik Sinner and Gael Monfils clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Sinner (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on I.hard.
The last time that they played, Sinner won 7-61 6-2 4-6 4-6 6-4 in the 3rd round in Us open back in September 2021.
Live score progression and stats
The Italian won the set after he broke the Serbian in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (5-3) game. Filip tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th
(4-3) game. Yet, the Italian didn’t blink to win the set 6-3.Sinner was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 40-A). On the other side, the Serbian converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 7th game (2-4 0-40 and 15-40).
They played 53 points. The Italian was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than Filip (30-23). The Italian surrendered 9 points on serve (17-9). In addition, on the other side, Filip conceded 13 points on serve (14-13).
The Italian clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 6th (2-4) game, The Italian broke back in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (6-5) game to win the set 7-5.
The Serbian was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-5 to 7-5.
Tennis Scores in Sofia
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (6-3 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Marcos GironGiron (7-5 6-0) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Gael MonfilsMonfils (2-1) – H2H details and stats