Excellent performance by Lorenzo Sonegowhich, upon its debutATP Masters 1000 in Madridbeat the French expert from the qualifiers without too many problems Richard Gasquet with the result 6-2 7-5. He will therefore be the friend Sonny the opponent against whom he will debut Jannik Sinner – who, being seeded n°1, enjoyed a bye in the first round – in the Spanish capital.
Sonego beats Gasquet
Flawless performance Sonego, who started off great by taking advantage of the two break points obtained and immediately taking off with four games won consecutively. Down 4-0 Gasquet manages to move the result, but continues to struggle in response, with Lorenzo leaving him only crumbs and keeping his last two rounds of service scoreless, closing the partial with the fifth ace of the set.
In the second set the Frenchman revived, made fewer and fewer mistakes and began to put pressure on Sonny, who ends up immediately granting three break points, which, however, he is very good at canceling, leaving the transalpine with no chance. The set sees the Turin player in slightly more difficulty even in the subsequent rounds of service, but all in all it continues with great balance until the 11th game, when Sonego takes a providential break on the second chance, and then closes on the first occasion in the next round thanks to a wide volley Gasquet.
Fifth comparison between Sinner and Sonego
So it will be Sinner against Sonego in the 2nd round ofATP Masters 1000 in Madrid. The two friends and doubles partners will face each other for the fifth time in their careers, the first on clay, after Jannik won the previous four, all played last season. Last year Sonny he managed to take at least a set from the South Tyrolean only on one occasion, when the two met in the round of 16 of the ATP 500 in Halle.
Previous:
- ATP 250 Montpellier 2023, quarter-finals, Sinner-Sonego: 6-4 6-2
- ATP 500 Halle 2023, round of 16, Sinner-Sonego: 6-7 6-4 6-4
- US Open 2023, 2nd round, Sinner-Sonego: 6-4 6-2 6-4
- ATP 500 Vienna 2023, round of 16, Sinner-Sonego: 6-2 6-4
Sinner unbeaten in the Azzurri derbies
Sonego he will also have a taboo to dispel against Sinner. JAnnik, in fact, has never lost an Italian derby in a main draw in the top circuitwinning 12 out of 12 matches, starting with the final at the 2021 ATP 250 in Melbourne won against Stefano Travaglia. The successes of the South Tyrolean in the Azzurri derbies have come against Sonego (beaten on four occasions), Lorenzo Musetti (twice), Travaglia, Fabio Fognini, Frank Agamemenon, Gianluca Mager, Matteo Berrettini And Andrew Vavassori. The last defeat in an Italian derby for Sinner dates back to 2020, when Salvatore Caruso he eliminated him in qualifying for the Masters 1000 in Cincinnati.
