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

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

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

Lajovic
Cincinnati
Lajovic's Record

Dusan added to his prize money $ 41,185 after winning this match. He has already won $ 88,805 after this win. If he wins the next match, Lajovic 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. the Italian’s 77.

Lajovic

The Serbian 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 had a tough time converting his break points after he converted only 25% (1/4) of the procured opportunities.

Sinner

On the other side, Jannik 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 come up against Fritz in the 3rd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Dusan Lajovic and Taylor Fritz play 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 played 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
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
LajovicSinner
0
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Lajovic clinched in the 7th game (4-3) prior to ultimately conquering the set (6-4).

The Serbian 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 contested 62 points. This set was so close that, Lajovic won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Dusan dropped 9 points on serve (21-9). Regarding the other side of the net, Sinner 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

Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Finally, Lajovic won the tiebreak at 7-4.

Tiebreak

Lajovic won 4 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 5th (3-2), 8th (5-3) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Sinner 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, Jannik 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 contested 99 points. The Serbian conquered the set after winning 7 more points than Sinner (53-46). The Serbian surrendered 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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