Die-hard Sonego survives Sousa in the 1st round in Antalya

Lorenzo Sonego survives Joao Sousa 6-3 7-6¹¹ in the 1^st round in Antalya on Sunday after winning a huge battle.

The Match

1^st set.

There was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that Sonego conquered in the 4^th game (3-1) before winning the set (6-3).

2^nd set.

The set went straight to the tiebreak as there was no breaks. Finally the Italian won the tiebreak at 11.

The Italian served pretty well to win 88% of the points (43/49) behind his first serve, and he won 56% points (10/18) on his second serve.Sonego had to work hard in converting his break points as he converted only 33% (1/3).

On the other side, Sousa wasn’t able to conquer any break point to conquer the match only at the breakers.

After this match, the head to head between Sonego and Sousa is 1-1.

Prediction and head to head Lorenzo Sonego vs. Adrian Mannarino

This will be the 2^nd time that Lorenzo Sonego and Adrian Mannarino face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Sonego (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.

The last time that they squared off, Sonego won 2-6 7-6⁴ 6-3 in the 1^st round in Rome back in 2018.