Lorenzo Sonego hustles Nishioka in the 2nd round to set up a clash vs Tsitsipas at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia – ROME RESULTS

INTERNAZIONALI BNL D'ITALIA - ROME DRAW AND RESULTS. Sonego downs Nishioka to play Stefanos Tsitsipas in the 3rd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Lorenzo Sonego vs. Yoshihito Nishioka

Lorenzo Sonego downs Yoshihito Nishioka 7-5 6-3 in the 2nd round in Rome on Saturday. Sonego will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Stefanos Tsitsipas in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 45 minutes. His best achievement in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.

Sonego
Rome
Sonego's Record

Sonego added to his prize money € 21,790 after winning this match. He has already won € 48,835 after this win. If he wins the next match, Sonego will add € 36,065 to his earnings to get in total € 84,900 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Sonego
Nishioka
Lorenzo Sonego
7-5 6-3
1h:45
Yoshihito Nishioka
73
73
Total points
55
55
33
33
Winners
20
20
45%
45%
Ratio Winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
1
1
0
0
Double Faults
0
0
63%
63%
1st in
60%
60%
77%
77%
1st won
56%
56%
33/43
33/43
1st won
20/36
20/36
60%
60%
2nd won
63%
63%
15/25
15/25
2nd won
15/24
15/24
-- Break Points --
3/6
3/6
Total
1/5
1/5
50%
50%
Won
20%
20%
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At the end of the match, Sonego scored 73 points vs. Yoshihito’s 55.

Sonego

Lorenzo served extremely well to win 77% of the points (33/43) behind his first serve, and he won 60% points (15/25) on his second serve. The Italian was effective when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (3/6).

Nishioka

On the other side, Nishioka was not so effective in converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this contest, the head to head between Sonego and Nishioka is 2-0 for Lorenzo.

Draw and next match H2H: Lorenzo Sonego vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas – stats

Sonego will fight against Tsitsipas in the 3rd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Lorenzo Sonego and Stefanos Tsitsipas play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

Lorenzo Sonego Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Sonego 7-5
SonegoNishioka
7
5
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
SonegoNishioka
7
5
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
SonegoNishioka
6
5
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
SonegoNishioka
5
5
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
SonegoNishioka
5
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
SonegoNishioka
4
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
SonegoNishioka
4
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
SonegoNishioka
3
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
SonegoNishioka
3
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
SonegoNishioka
3
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
SonegoNishioka
3
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
SonegoNishioka
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
SonegoNishioka
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0

Sonego had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Yoshihito Nishioka in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, there was more to do for the Italian to win the set because Yoshihito managed to break back in the 5th (2-3) game. The Italian kept his focus to break Nishioka in the 12th (7-5) game.

The Italian failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 40.

Lorenzo converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40), the 10th (5-4 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Also, on the other side, the Japanese converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 5th (1-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 13th game (4-7 40-A).

They played 81 points. The Italian was the one to win the set after conquering 11 points more than Yoshihito (46-35). The Italian conceded 14 points on serve (30-14). on the other side of the court, Yoshihito conceded 16 points on serve (21-16).

2nd Set -
Sonego 6-3
SonegoNishioka
6
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
SonegoNishioka
5
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
SonegoNishioka
4
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
SonegoNishioka
3
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
SonegoNishioka
3
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
SonegoNishioka
2
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
SonegoNishioka
2
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
SonegoNishioka
1
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Italian conquered in the 8th game (5-3) prior to eventually conquering the set (6-3).

Sonego was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (4-3 30-40). On the other side, Nishioka wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5th game (2-2 40-A).

They played 47 points. Sonego won 7 points more than the Japanese (27-20). The Italian lost 6 points on serve (18-6). on the other side of the court, Nishioka conceded 9 points on serve (14-9).

1st
Sonego
Nishioka
7-5
7
5
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
2nd
Sonego
Nishioka
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
 

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