Jannik Sinner beats Roman Safiullin 3-6 6-2 6-3 in the 2nd round in Beijing on Saturday. Sinner will seek to keep on going in this event against Jiri Lehecka in the quarter. Jannik won this tournament once in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Italian added to his prize money $ 47,520 after winning this match. He has already won $ 101,925 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Italian will add $ 97,570 to his earnings to get in total $ 199,495 in total.
Highlights Jannik Sinner vs. Roman Safiullin China Open – Beijing
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
After this contest, the head to head between Sinner and Safiullin is 3-0 for Jannik.
Draw and next match H2H: Jannik Sinner vs. Jiri Lehecka – stats
Sinner will face Lehecka in the quarter.
This will be the 5th time that Jannik Sinner and Jiri Lehecka fight against each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Sinner and Lehecka (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they played, Sinner won 6-3 6-3 in the quarter in Indian wells back in March 2024.
Live score progression and stats
Sinner was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Roman Safiullin in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Yet, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Safiullin to win the set as the Italian succeeded in breaking back in the 5th (2-3) game. Roman kept his focus to break Sinner in the 6th (4-2) game before winning the set (6-3).
They played 64 points. Roman won 4 points more than Jannik (34-30). Safiullin conceded 13 points on serve (21-13). on the other side of the court, Jannik conceded 13 points on serve (17-13).
The Italian in this set was too good for Roman and eventually he won 6-2 after breaking Roman in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Sinner failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 15.
The Russian was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 2-2 to 6-2.
Jannik converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 6th (3-2 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40). On the other side, Jannik didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 54 points. Sinner was the one to win the set after conquering 14 points more than Safiullin (34-20). Sinner was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (16-3). On the losing side, Roman conceded 18 points on serve (17-18).
Sinner came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Roman Safiullin in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break turned to be decisive for Sinner to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks anymore.
Sinner converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, Roman was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (0-2 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 52 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Sinner won just 2 more points than the Russian (27-25). The Italian lost 10 points on serve (18-10). In addition, on the other side, Roman conceded 9 points on serve (15-9).
Tennis Scores in Beijing
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Pavel KotovKotov (6-4 6-2)
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (3-6 6-2 6-1)
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (3-6 6-2 6-3)
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