Jannik Sinner gets the better of Holger Rune 6-2 5-7 6-4 in the Round Robin at the Nitto ATP Finals on Thursday. The epic lasted 7 hours and 6 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do was reach the Round Robin in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
Highlights Jannik Sinner vs. Holger Rune Nitto ATP Finals – Turin
Sinner’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Italian scored 105 points vs. the Dane’s 88.
Sinner
Sinner served very well to win 84% of the points (41/49) behind his first serve, and he won 60% points (21/35) on his second serve. Jannik fired 11 aces without committing any double fault. Jannik won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points after he converted only 30% (3/10) of the procured opportunities.
Rune
On the other side, Holger was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Sinner and Rune is 1-2 for Holger.
Live score progression and stats
Sinner had a favorable start in this set after breaking Holger Rune in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Jannik reinforced his lead after breaking Rune in the 3rd (3-0) game before winning the set (6-2).
A defining moment of this set was when Jannik won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the game count from 0-0 to 4-0.
The Italian converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 2nd game (2-0 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Italian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 51 points. Sinner conquered the set after winning 9 points more than Rune (30-21). The Italian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). on the other side of the court, Rune conceded 14 points on serve (17-14).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Rune clinched in the 12th game (7-5) prior to ultimately conquering the set (7-5).
Rune failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 0.
They contested 72 points. This set was so close that, Rune won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. The Dane lost 13 points on serve (28-13). In addition, on the other side, Jannik conceded 8 points on serve (23-8).
Similarly to the 2nd set, the set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Sinner conquered in the 9th game (5-4) before eventually winning the set (6-4).
Sinner converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Holger wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 8th game (4-3 40-A).
They contested 70 points. Sinner conquered the set after winning 8 points more than Rune (39-31). Jannik dropped 10 points on serve (23-10). Regarding the other side of the net, Holger conceded 16 points on serve (21-16).
Tennis Scores in Nitto ATP Finals
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- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alexander ZverevZverev (7-67 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Holger RuneRune – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (2-1 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Taylor FritzFritz (6-3 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz (6-73 6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
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