Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune conquers Lorenzo Sonego 6-7(1) 6-4 6-3 in the 2nd round in Sofia on Thursday. Rune will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Ilya Ivashka in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 17 minutes.
Holger added to his prize money € 6,780 after winning this match. He has won already € 16,160 after this win. If he wins the next match, Rune will add € 11,725 to his earnings to get in total € 27,885 in total.
Highlights Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune vs. Lorenzo Sonego Sofia Open – Sofia
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Holger scored 95 points vs. Sonego’s 80.
Rune
Holger served exceptionally well to win 85% of the points (44/52) behind his first serve, and he won 71% points (22/31) on his second serve. Holger didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (2/4).
Sonego
On the other side, Sonego wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Rune and Sonego is 2-0 for Holger.
Draw and next match H2H: Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune vs. Ilya Ivashka – stats
Rune will face Ivashka in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune and Ilya Ivashka since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Lorenzo had no problems to win the tiebreak 7-1.
Tiebreak
Lorenzo won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 6th (5-1), 7th (6-1) and 8th (7-1) point. On the other side, the Dane won a minibreak in the 4th (1-3) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 7-1
Lorenzo wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 2nd game (1-0 30-40). Also, on the other side, Rune wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5th game (2-2 30-40).
They played 79 points. Lorenzo won 5 more points than the Dane (42-37). Lorenzo surrendered 11 points on serve (30-11). On the losing side, the Dane conceded 12 points on serve (26-12).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Holger conquered in the 10th game (6-4).
Rune converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 10th game (5-4 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Holger didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 52 points. The Dane was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than the Italian (30-22). Rune was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (20-3). Regarding the other side of the net, Sonego conceded 10 points on serve (19-10).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Dane grabbed in the 8th game (5-3) prior to finally winning the set (6-3).
The Dane was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (4-3 15-40). On the other side, Holger didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 44 points. The Dane won 12 more points than Lorenzo (28-16). Holger was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (20-3). On the losing side, Sonego conceded 8 points on serve (13-8).
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