Jannik Sinner stuns Sousa in the 1st round of the Plava Laguna Croatia Open

Jannik Sinner surprises Pedro Sousa 1-6 6-3 6-4 in the 1^st round in Umag on Monday. Sinner will play against Aljaz Bedene in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Sousa was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Sinner in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Sousa managed to boost his lead after breaking Sinner in the 6^th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).

2^nd set.

Sousa had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Sinner in the 1^st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, the Italian found the way to come back to break Pedro in the 6^th (3-3) and in the 8^th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).

Pedro had no answers in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-3 to 6-3).

3^rd set.

The Italian won the set after he broke Pedro in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 9^th (5-4) game. The Portuguese tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6^th (3-3) game. Yet, Jannik kept the situation under control before winning the set 6-4.

Sinner won this match even if he conquered less points than Sousa (80 vs. 82).

Jannik was pretty good in converting 67% of the break points that he conquered (4/6). On the other side, Sousa was pretty focused in converting 57% of the break points that he procured points (4/7). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this encounter, the head to head between Sinner and Sousa is 1-0 for Jannik.

Next Match: Jannik Sinner vs. Aljaz Bedene – H2H and stats

Sinner will come up against Bedene in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Jannik Sinner and Aljaz Bedene since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.