Lorenzo Sonego ousts Joao Fonseca 6-7(6) 6-3 6-1 3-6 6-3 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Thursday. Sonego will face off with Fabian Marozsan in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 3 hours and 37 minutes. This run will match his best achievement in this event. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Italian added to his prize money $ 90,000 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 290,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Italian will add $ 130,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 420,000 in total.
Highlights Lorenzo Sonego vs. Joao Fonseca Australian Open – Melbourne
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
3-6 6-3
3h:37
At the end of the match, Sonego scored 154 points vs. Joao’s 132.
Sonego
Sonego served pretty well to win 77% of the points (72/93) behind his first serve, and he won 57% points (27/47) on his second serve. Lorenzo struck 12 aces and he committed 3 double faults. Lorenzo won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points since he converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities.
Fonseca
On the other side, Joao had a tough time converting his break points (only 17% – 1/6). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Sonego and Fonseca is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Lorenzo Sonego vs. Fabian Marozsan – stats
Sonego will compete against Marozsan in the 3rd round.
There is no head to head record between Lorenzo Sonego and Fabian Marozsan since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
The Brazilian won the set after he broke Lorenzo .
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, Lorenzo was perfect in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 10th (5-4 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40).
They contested 98 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Fonseca won just 2 more points than the Italian (50-48). The Brazilian lost 24 points on serve (42-24). On the other side, the Italian conceded 8 points on serve (24-8).
The Italian won the set after he broke Fonseca in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Lorenzo failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 40.
Sonego converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, the Brazilian was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th (2-3 30-40) and the 10th game (2-6 30-40).
They played 53 points. Sonego conquered the set after winning 13 points more than the Brazilian (33-20). Sonego lost 9 points on serve (22-9). On the other side, Joao conceded 11 points on serve (11-11).
Lorenzo was too good to drop just 1 game before breaking the Brazilian 2 times and conquer the set 6-1.
Fonseca was completely wiped out in the last 6 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Lorenzo converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 0-40) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Fonseca was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 7th game (1-5 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 44 points. The Italian won 10 points more than Joao (27-17). Lorenzo lost 6 points on serve (14-6). on the other side of the court, the Brazilian conceded 13 points on serve (11-13).
Sonego commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Joao Fonseca in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break resulted decisive for Fonseca to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
Fonseca was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 30-40). On the other side, the Brazilian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 48 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Joao won just 2 points more than Sonego (25-23). Fonseca surrendered 5 points on serve (16-5). on the other side of the court, Lorenzo conceded 9 points on serve (18-9).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Sonego snatched in the 8th game (5-3) just before finally winning the set (6-3).
Sonego was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (4-3 30-40). On the other side, Fonseca wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 7th game (3-3 30-40).
They played 44 points. Sonego was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than the Brazilian (24-20). Sonego dropped 6 points on serve (17-6). On the losing side, Fonseca conceded 7 points on serve (14-7).
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