Lorenzo Sonego outlasts Mili Poljicak 6-2 6-7(1) 7-6(9) in the 1st round in Umag on Monday after conquering a huge battle. Sonego will play against Alexandre Muller in the 2nd round. The epic lasted 3 hours and 16 minutes. His best achievement in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Italian added to his prize money € 3,950 after winning this match. He has already won € 10,165 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Italian will add € 7,345 to his earnings to get in total € 17,510 in total.
Highlights Lorenzo Sonego vs. Mili Poljicak Plava Laguna Croatia Open – Umag
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
3h:16
At the end of the match, Lorenzo scored 119 points vs. Poljicak’s 107.
Sonego
Lorenzo served exceptionally well to win 75% of the points (55/73) behind his first serve, and he won 61% points (19/31) on his second serve. The Italian won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points as he converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.
Poljicak
On the other side, Poljicak was battling in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Sonego and Poljicak is 1-0 for Lorenzo.
Draw and next match H2H: Lorenzo Sonego vs. Alexandre Muller – stats
Sonego will compete against Muller in the 2nd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Lorenzo Sonego and Alexandre Muller square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Sonego and Muller (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Sonego in this set was too strong for Mili and eventually he won 6-2 after breaking Mili in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
The Croatian was completely outplayed in the last 6 games of the set when the game count went from 1-2 to 6-2.
Sonego converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 0th (1-1 40-A), the 4th (2-2 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). On the other side, Sonego didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 55 points. Lorenzo won 9 more points than Poljicak (32-23). The Italian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). On the losing side, the Croatian conceded 16 points on serve (19-16).
Poljicak won the set after he broke the Italian in the 6th (4-2) game. The Italian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. Yet, Poljicak kept the focus to conquer the set 7-6.
Mili was unerring in converting all his break points in the 6th (3-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Lorenzo was spot on in converting all his break points in the 9th (3-5 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A).
They contested 93 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Croatian won this set even if he scored less points 1 than Sonego (46-47). Mili dropped 15 points on serve (23-15). on the other side of the court, Sonego conceded 23 points on serve (32-23).
Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Eventually, the Italian won a thrilling breaker 11-9 after a huge fight with 20 points played.
Tiebreak
Lorenzo won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 6th (4-2), 7th (5-2), 19th (10-9) and 20th (11-9) point. On the other side, the Croatian won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 8th (3-5) and 9th (4-5) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 7-8, 8-8, 9-8, 9-9, 10-9, 11-9
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Sonego saved 2 set points when he was 5-6 and 7-8 down. Moreover, on the other side, Sonego didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 78 points. Lorenzo won 4 more points than the Croatian (41-37). The Italian surrendered 6 points on serve (26-6). On the other side, Poljicak conceded 15 points on serve (31-15).
Tennis Scores in Umag
- Matej DodigDodig – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (3-6 6-3 6-2)
- Jakub MensikMensik – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-3 6-2)
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Mili PoljicakPoljicak (6-2 6-71 7-69)
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Guido AndreozziAndreozzi (4-6 6-3 6-2)
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Mariano NavoneNavone (6-2 6-3)
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Tomas MachacMachac (3-6 6-3 6-4)
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Filip MisolicMisolic (6-4 3-6 6-2)
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Luka MikrutMikrut (6-2 7-5)
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-4 4-6 7-68)
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (7-68 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Andrey RublevRublev – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Alexandre MullerMuller (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Dusan LajovicLajovic (0-0) – H2H details and stats
