Christopher O Connell shocks Lorenzo Sonego 7-6(5) 6-3 in the 2nd round in Stuttgart on Wednesday. O Connell will seek to keep on going in this event against Hubert Hurkacz in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 53 minutes. This will be his best result in this competition. In the past, the best he could do was reach the 1st round in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
Highlights Christopher O Connell vs. Lorenzo Sonego Boss Open – Stuttgart
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:53
At the end of the match, the Australian scored 81 points vs. the Italian’s 72.
O Connell
O Connell won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points since he converted only 25% (1/4) of the procured opportunities.
Sonego
On the other side, Sonego wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/5). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between O Connell and Sonego is 1-0 for Christopher.
Draw and next match H2H: Christopher O Connell vs. Hubert Hurkacz – stats
O Connell will come up against Hurkacz in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Christopher O Connell and Hubert Hurkacz since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
The Australian won the set after he broke Sonego .
Christopher was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 9th game (4-4 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Lorenzo was unable to convert any of his 5 break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (3-2 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 109 points. This set was a huge battle since finally the Australian won barely 1 point more than Sonego (55-54). Christopher conceded 26 points on serve (46-26). In addition, on the other side, Sonego conceded 9 points on serve (28-9).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that O Connell grabbed in the 8th game (5-3) before eventually conquering the set (6-3).
O Connell converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 8th game (4-3 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Australian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 44 points. The Australian was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than Lorenzo (25-19). Christopher was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). On the losing side, Lorenzo conceded 9 points on serve (15-9).
Tennis Scores in Stuttgart
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (4-6 7-65 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (7-62 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (7-65 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
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- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Richard GasquetGasquet (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Yibing WuWu – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (2-1) – H2H details and stats
