Lorenzo Sonego ousts Fernando Verdasco 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in Kitzbuhel on Thursday. Sonego will clash against Dominic Thiem in the semifinal.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Sonego won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Lorenzo broke back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 10th (6-4) game before winning the set 6-4.
2nd set.
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Sonego conquered in the 10th game (6-4).
At the end of the match, Sonego scored 68 points vs. the Spaniard’s 55 points.
Sonego served pretty well to win 82% of the points (31/38) behind his first serve, and he won 53% points (8/15) on his second serve. Sonego won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points because he converted only 38% (3/8). On the other side, Verdasco was struggling in finding the solution in converting his break points because he converted only 20% of his break points (1/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Sonego and Verdasco is 1-1.
Next Match: Lorenzo Sonego vs. Dominic Thiem – H2H and stats
Sonego will face Thiem in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Lorenzo Sonego and Dominic Thiem since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
