Jannik Sinner outlasts Alexander Zverev 7-6(9) 5-7 7-6(4) in the semifinal in Cincinnati on Sunday after conquering a huge battle. Sinner will square off with Frances Tiafoe in the final. The epic lasted 3 hours and 7 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this event. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 3rd round in 2022. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Sinner added to his prize money $ 259,695 after winning this match. He has already won $ 573,090 after this win. If he wins the next match, Jannik will add $ 476,370 to his earnings to get in total $ 1,049,460 in total.
Highlights Jannik Sinner vs. Alexander Zverev Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Sinner scored 124 points vs. Zverev’s 121.
Sinner
Jannik blasted 12 aces and he committed 1 double fault. Sinner was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured (2/4).
Zverev
On the other side, Zverev was pretty effective at converting 60% of the break points that he conquered points (3/5). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this match, the head to head between Sinner and Zverev is 2-4 for Alexander.
Draw and next match H2H: Jannik Sinner vs. Frances Tiafoe – stats
Sinner will fight against Tiafoe in the final.
This will be the 5th time that Jannik Sinner and Frances Tiafoe clash against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Sinner (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Sinner clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Sinner broke back in the 10th (5-5) game to win the set 7-6.
The Italian converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40) and the 9th game (4-5 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Zverev was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (1-1 40-A).
They played 100 points. This set was so close that, Sinner won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Sinner conceded 12 points on serve (23-12). on the other side of the net, the German conceded 27 points on serve (38-27).
Alexander won the set after he broke Sinner in the 4th (3-1) and in the 12th (7-5) game. The Italian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. However, Zverev didn’t blink to win the set 7-5.
The German failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 30.
The German was flawless in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 4th (2-1 15-40) and the 12th game (6-5 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, the Italian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (1-3 0-40).
They contested 69 points. The German was the winner of the set after clinching 9 points more than Jannik (39-30). Alexander conceded 10 points on serve (21-10). In addition, on the other side, Sinner conceded 18 points on serve (20-18).
Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Finally, the Italian won the tiebreak at 7-4.
Tiebreak
Jannik won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 9th (6-3) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, the German won a minibreak in the 10th (4-6) point.
Sinner won the tiebreak 7-4 after he conquered a decisive 5-3 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 7-4
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Moreover, on the other side, Jannik didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 76 points. Sinner conquered the set after winning 8 more points than Alexander (42-34). Jannik surrendered 7 points on serve (28-7). on the other side of the court, Alexander conceded 14 points on serve (27-14).
Tennis Scores in Cincinnati
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Holger RuneRune (4-6 6-1 7-64)
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Alexander ZverevZverev (7-69 5-7 7-64)
Upcoming matches
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (3-1) – H2H details and stats