Dusan Lajovic shocks Sinner in the 2nd round to battle vs Fritz at the Western & Southern Open. HIGHLIGHTS – CINCINNATI RESULTS

WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN - CINCINNATI DRAW AND RESULTS. Lajovic surprises Sinner to square off with Taylor Fritz in the 3rd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Dusan Lajovic upsets Jannik Sinner 6-4 7-6(4) in the 2nd round in Cincinnati on Wednesday. Lajovic will engage against Taylor Fritz in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 4 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this competition. In the past, the best he could do was reach the 1st round in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. Here you can see his previous results at this event.

Lajovic
Cincinnati
Lajovic's Record

Lajovic added to his prize money $ 41,185 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 88,805 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Serbian will add $ 77,215 to his earnings to get in total $ 166,020 in total.

Highlights Dusan Lajovic vs. Jannik Sinner Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Lajovic
Sinner
Dusan Lajovic
6-4 7-64
2h:04
Jannik Sinner
84
84
Total points
77
77
44
44
Winners
30
30
52%
52%
Ratio Winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
6
6
0
0
Double Faults
0
0
72%
72%
1st in
51%
51%
76%
76%
1st won
73%
73%
44/58
44/58
1st won
30/41
30/41
52%
52%
2nd won
56%
56%
12/23
12/23
2nd won
22/39
22/39
-- Break Points --
1/4
1/4
Total
0/5
0/5
25%
25%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, the Serbian scored 84 points vs. Jannik’s 77.

Lajovic

Dusan served pretty well to win 76% of the points (44/58) behind his first serve, and he won 52% points (12/23) on his second serve. Lajovic won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points as he converted only 25% (1/4) of the procured opportunities.

Sinner

On the other side, the Italian 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 Lajovic and Sinner is 1-0 for Dusan.

Draw and next match H2H: Dusan Lajovic vs. Taylor Fritz – stats

Lajovic will square off with Fritz in the 3rd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Dusan Lajovic and Taylor Fritz clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Lajovic (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Lajovic won 7-5 6-1 in the quarter in Lyon back in 2018.

Dusan Lajovic Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Lajovic 6-4
LajovicSinner
6
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
LajovicSinner
6
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
LajovicSinner
5
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
LajovicSinner
5
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
LajovicSinner
4
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
LajovicSinner
3
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
LajovicSinner
2
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
LajovicSinner
2
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
LajovicSinner
1
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
LajovicSinner
1
1
0
15
15
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30
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40
30
40
40
A
40
LajovicSinner
0
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Lajovic grabbed in the 7th game (4-3) just before eventually winning the set (6-4).

Lajovic was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (3-3 30-40). On the other side, the Serbian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 62 points. This set was so close that, Dusan won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. The Serbian surrendered 9 points on serve (21-9). on the other side of the net, Jannik conceded 10 points on serve (22-10).

2nd Set -
Lajovic 7-6
LajovicSinner
7
6
S
0
1
L
0
2
L
1
2
S
2
2
S
3
2
L
3
3
L
4
3
S
5
3
S
5
4
L
6
4
L
7
4
LajovicSinner
6
6
15
0
30
0
40
0
LajovicSinner
5
6
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
LajovicSinner
5
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
LajovicSinner
4
5
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
LajovicSinner
4
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
LajovicSinner
3
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
LajovicSinner
3
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
LajovicSinner
2
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
LajovicSinner
2
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
LajovicSinner
1
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
LajovicSinner
1
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40

The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Finally, Lajovic won the tiebreak at 7-4.

Tiebreak

The Serbian won 4 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 5th (3-2), 8th (5-3) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Jannik won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0) and 6th (3-3) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4

Lajovic was unable to convert any of the 3 conquered break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 9th game (4-4 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Sinner was unable to convert any of his 5 break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 4th game (2-1 30-40).

They played 99 points. The Serbian won 7 more points than the Italian (53-46). The Serbian lost 16 points on serve (35-16). Regarding the other side of the net, the Italian conceded 18 points on serve (30-18).

1st
Lajovic
Sinner
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
2nd
Lajovic
Sinner
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
 

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