Jannik Sinner motors past Aleksandar Vukic 6-2 6-3 in the quarter in Sofia on Friday after playing a marvellous match to square off with Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 20 minutes. Sinner won this tournament twice in 2020 and 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
Jannik added to his prize money € 11,725 after conquering this match. He has won already € 27,885 till now in this tournament. If he wins the next match, the Italian will add € 19,545 to his earnings to get in total € 47,430.
Highlights Jannik Sinner vs. Aleksandar Vukic Sofia Open – Sofia
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Jannik scored 69 points vs. Aleksandar’s 41.
Sinner
Sinner served exceptionally well to win 83% of the points (25/30) behind his first serve, and he won 57% points (17/30) on his second serve. Sinner was pretty focused in converting 80% of the break points that he procured (4/5).
Vukic
On the other side, the Australian wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 14% – 1/7). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Sinner and Vukic is 2-0 for Jannik.
Draw and next match H2H: Jannik Sinner vs. Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune – stats
Sinner will fight against Vitus Nodskov Rune in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Jannik Sinner and Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Sinner in this set played at a much higher level than Aleksandar and without too much hustling he won 6-2 after breaking Aleksandar in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Aleksandar was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-2 to 6-2.
Jannik converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 40-A), the 6th (3-2 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A). On the other side, the Australian was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 58 points. Sinner was the winner of the set after clinching 14 more points than Aleksandar (36-22). Jannik conceded 8 points on serve (21-8). on the other side of the net, the Australian conceded 15 points on serve (14-15
).Sinner conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Aleksandar Vukic in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Jannik to win the set because the Australian found the way to break back in the 7th (3-4) game. The Italian kept his focus to break Aleksandar in the 8th (5-3) game before conquering the set (6-3).
Jannik was flawless in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 0-40) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40). On the other side, Aleksandar converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 7th (2-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 40-A).
They contested 52 points. Sinner was the one to win the set after conquering 14 points more than Vukic (33-19). The Italian conceded 10 points on serve (21-10). Regarding the other side of the net, the Australian conceded 12 points on serve (9-12).
Tennis Scores in Sofia
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (6-2 5-7 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (7-63 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (6-74 7-66 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (0-0) – H2H details and stats