Daniil Medvedev bests Lorenzo Sonego 3-6 6-3 6-3 in the 2nd round in Dubai on Wednesday. Medvedev will square off with Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the quarter. The battle lasted exactly 2 hours. Medvedev won this tournament once in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
Daniil added to his prize money $ 37,575 after winning this match. He has already won $ 80,600 after this win. If he wins the next match, Daniil will add $ 77,155 to his earnings to get in total $ 157,755 in total.
Highlights Daniil Medvedev vs. Lorenzo Sonego Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships – Dubai
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Daniil scored 84 points vs. Sonego’s 75.
Medvedev
Medvedev won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points since he converted only 40% (4/10) of the procured opportunities.
Sonego
On the other side, Lorenzo had some problems converting his break points (only 22% – 2/9). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Medvedev and Sonego is 3-0 for Daniil.
Draw and next match H2H: Daniil Medvedev vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina – stats
Medvedev will compete against Davidovich Fokina in the quarter.
This will be the 4th time that Daniil Medvedev and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina face off. The head to head is 3-0 for Medvedev (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Medvedev was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Lorenzo Sonego in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. However, that was not enough for Lorenzo to win the set because Medvedev found the way to break back in the 5th (2-3) game. The Italian kept his focus to break Daniil in the 6th (4-2) game before winning the set (6-3).
Sonego missed the chance to break Medvedev in the 8th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
The Italian was unerring in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 5th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). Also, on the other side, the Russian was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 5th (1-3 0-40), the 7th (2-4 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 70 points. The Italian won 4 more points than Daniil (37-33). Lorenzo lost 13 points on serve (21-13). On the other side, Daniil conceded 16 points on serve (20-16).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Medvedev conquered in the 8th game (5-3) just before eventually conquering the set (6-3).
Sonego was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-3 to 6-3.
Daniil was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th game (4-3 0-40). On the other side, the Russian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 41 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Daniil won just 3 more points than the Italian (22-19). The Russian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (16-3). On the other side, Lorenzo conceded 6 points on serve (16-6).
Medvedev won the set after he broke Lorenzo in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Medvedev converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, Daniil didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 48 points. Medvedev was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than Sonego (29-19). Daniil was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). On the losing side, Sonego conceded 13 points on serve (15-13).
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