Stefanos Tsitsipas victorious over Sonego in the 1st round at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships – DUBAI RESULTS. HIGHLIGHTS. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW

DUBAI DUTY FREE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS - DUBAI DRAW AND RESULTS. Tsitsipas dispatches Sonego

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Luke Meyer
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Stefanos Tsitsipas conquers Lorenzo Sonego 7-6(4) 6-3 in the 1st round in Dubai on Monday. Tsitsipas will fight against Karen Khachanov in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 37 minutes. His best achievement in this tournament was reaching the final in 2019 and 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.

Tsitsipas
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Tsitsipas's Record

Stefanos added to his prize money $ 22,100 after winning this match. He has already won $ 47,350 after this win. If he wins the next match, Stefanos will add $ 41,350 to his earnings to get in total $ 88,700 in total.

Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Lorenzo Sonego Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships – Dubai

Tsitsipas’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Tsitsipas
Sonego
Stefanos Tsitsipas
7-64 6-3
1h:37
Lorenzo Sonego
72
72
Total points
55
55
34
34
Winners
30
30
47%
47%
Ratio Winners
55%
55%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
1
1
1
1
Double Faults
1
1
70%
70%
1st in
63%
63%
81%
81%
1st won
71%
71%
34/42
34/42
1st won
30/42
30/42
72%
72%
2nd won
48%
48%
13/18
13/18
2nd won
12/25
12/25
-- Break Points --
2/6
2/6
Total
1/2
1/2
33%
33%
Won
50%
50%
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At the end of the match, Stefanos scored 72 points vs. Sonego’s 55.

Tsitsipas

Stefanos served very well to win 81% of the points (34/42) behind his first serve, and he won 72% points (13/18) on his second serve. Tsitsipas won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points after he converted only 33% (2/6) of the procured opportunities.

Sonego

On the other side, Sonego was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (1/2). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Tsitsipas and Sonego is 4-0 for Stefanos.

Draw and next match H2H: Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Karen Khachanov – stats

Tsitsipas will compete against Khachanov in the 2nd round.

This will be the 10th time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Karen Khachanov face off. The head to head is 8-1 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), 4-1 on hard.

The last time that they played, Tsitsipas won 7-5 6-3 in the 1st round in Shanghai back in 2017.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Tsitsipas 7-6
TsitsipasSonego
7
6
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
TsitsipasSonego
7
6
0
1
0
2
0
3
1
3
2
3
3
3
4
3
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3
5
4
6
4
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6
6
15
0
30
0
40
0
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5
6
0
15
0
30
0
40
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5
5
15
0
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40
0
TsitsipasSonego
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5
0
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30
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30
30
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30
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40
40
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40
40
40
A
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4
0
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15
15
15
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15
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30
40
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3
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A
40
TsitsipasSonego
3
3
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0
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40
15
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2
3
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0
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TsitsipasSonego
2
2
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0
TsitsipasSonego
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2
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40
TsitsipasSonego
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1
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TsitsipasSonego
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15
40

Tsitsipas won the set after he broke Sonego in the 7th (4-3) game. Lorenzo tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. Yet, Tsitsipas didn’t lose the lead to conquer the set 7-6.

Stefanos converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Sonego converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 8th game (3-4 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 82 points. The Greek was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than Sonego (45-37). Stefanos surrendered 11 points on serve (32-11). Regarding the other side of the net, the Italian conceded 13 points on serve (26-13).

2nd Set -
Tsitsipas 6-3
TsitsipasSonego
6
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
TsitsipasSonego
5
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
TsitsipasSonego
4
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
TsitsipasSonego
3
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
TsitsipasSonego
3
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
TsitsipasSonego
2
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
TsitsipasSonego
2
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
TsitsipasSonego
1
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
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30
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40
40
A

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Tsitsipas grabbed in the 8th game (5-3) before finally winning the set (6-3).

Stefanos converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40). On the other side, Tsitsipas didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 45 points. Stefanos was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than Lorenzo (26-19). The Greek dropped 5 points on serve (17-5). on the other side of the court, Lorenzo conceded 9 points on serve (14-9).

1st
Tsitsipas
Sonego
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
4
5
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
2nd
Tsitsipas
Sonego
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
 

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