TENNIS SCORES SALEM OPEN. Astonishing Sonego outpaces Dzumhur in the 2nd round in Salem Open

WINSTON-SALEM OPEN - WINSTON-SALEM. Sonego outpaces Dzumhur to face Pablo Carreno-Busta in the 3rd round

Prediction and head to head Lorenzo Sonego vs. Damir Dzumhur

Lorenzo Sonego makes light work of Damir Dzumhur 6-1 6-4 in the 2nd round in Salem Open on Tuesday after playing a good match to clash against Pablo Carreno-Busta in the 3rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Sonego started the set strong after breaking Dzumhur in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Sonego improved his lead after breaking the Bosnian in the 6th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).

2nd set.

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Lorenzo conquered in the 9th game (5-4) before winning the set (6-4).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Lorenzo scored 68 points vs. Damir’s 44 points.

Sonego served pretty well to win 91% of the points (31/34) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (8/16) on his second serve. The Italian won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points as he converted only 33% (3/9). On the other side, Dzumhur wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this encounter, the head to head between Sonego and Dzumhur is 1-0 for Lorenzo.

Next Match: Lorenzo Sonego vs. Pablo Carreno-Busta – stats

Sonego will come up against Carreno-Busta in the 3rd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Lorenzo Sonego and Pablo Carreno-Busta clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Sonego (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Sonego won 6-3 7-62 in the semifinal in Antalya back in June 2019.

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