Lorenzo Sonego

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ATP Wiedeń 2020 R2:

39 Adrian Mannarino 1296
40 Lorenzo Sonego 1288
41 Miomir Kecmanović 1283

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ATP Wiedeń 2020 QF:

37 Kei Nishikori 1345
38 Lorenzo Sonego 1333
39 Adrian Mannarino 1321

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Sonego Stuns Djokovic In Vienna

Spoiler:

Italian reaches his first semi-final of the season
Lorenzo Sonego stunned World No. 1 Novak Djokovic 6-2, 6-1 on Friday for the biggest win of his career, advancing to the Erste Bank Open semi-finals.

"For sure it's the best victory of my life. Novak is the best in the world. Today I played so, so good," Sonego said in his on-court interview. "It's unbelievable. It's amazing."

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Five days ago, the Italian lost a three-setter in the final round of Vienna qualifying against Aljaz Bedene. The 25-year-old, who entered the main draw as a lucky loser replacing Diego Schwartzman, has not lost a set since, playing his top level to shock the 81-time tour-level titlist after 68 minutes.

"I played the best match in my life," Sonego said. "I'm so happy for this."

Lorenzo Sonego
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Djokovic let slip a chance to guarantee his spot atop the year-end FedEx ATP Rankings this week. Had the Serbian won the Vienna title, he would have tied Pete Sampras’ record with six year-end No. 1 finishes. He falls to 39-3 on the season.

Sonego had not won a set in three previous matches against Top 10 opponents. But the World No. 42 held his nerve to become the first lucky loser to defeat Djokovic (1-12). The Italian didn't earn his first FedEx ATP Ranking point until he was 19 and on Friday, just more than six years later, he had the Vienna crowd on its feet in awe of his performance.

"I was focussed on my tennis. Today I played good. I served so good, I returned good and I played the best tennis and moved so good the ball," Sonego said. "I like it here, I like the conditions. It's so fast for my serve. All good today."

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The top seed earned six break points in two games in the second set, but Sonego rose to the occasion to maintain his advantage. It seemed Djokovic needed one momentum-shifting point to dig his teeth into the match, but Sonego didn't allow that with his consistently high level.

Djokovic made an unusually high number of unforced errors, which gave Sonego confidence. The Serbian dumped a neutral forehand into the net to relinquish a service break in the first game of the match and that set the tone.

"He just blew me off the court, that's all," Djokovic said. "He was better in every segment of the game... it was a pretty bad match from my side, but amazing from his side. He definitely deserved this result."


Sonego, who won his lone ATP Tour title in Antalya last year, began the week with a 6-16 tour-level record on hard courts. But the unseeded Italian looked comfortable playing aggressive tennis against one of the best defenders in history, showing no fear with his heavy forehand.

Djokovic got off to a slow start in the second set, once again missing a forehand into the net on break point in the first game. With Sonego serving at 2-1, the World No. 1 earned three break points to get back on serve and put pressure on the Turin-native. But after Djokovic let slip that opportunity, Sonego put his foot on the gas in the next game to take a double-break advantage with a curling forehand passing shot down the line on the dead run.

Sonego won 80 per cent of his first-serve points against one of the world's best returners and he earned 53 per cent of his return points to set a semi-final clash against Daniel Evans. The British No. 1 battled past 2017 Nitto ATP Finals champion Grigor Dimitrov 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-3 after two hours and 43 minutes.


"It feels great. Really happy to come through the match, it was a difficult match," Evans said in his on-court interview. "I played very well and just happy to serve it out under quite a bit of pressure, so I'm really happy."

Evans, who made the Antwerp semi-finals last week, will try to reach his third ATP Tour final (2017 Sydney, 2019 Delray Beach). The 30-year-old has never played Sonego.

"I saw his match tonight. All the matches in this tournament are very difficult," Evans said. "There are some great players here and I'm just very happy to have won and rest tonight, have a good sleep."

Did You Know?
Sonego is the first Italian to beat a World No. 1 since Fabio Fognini beat Andy Murray at the 2017 Internazionali BNL d'Italia.

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ATP Wiedeń 2020 SF:

34 Jan Lennard Struff 1450
35 Lorenzo Sonego 1423
36 Reilly Opelka 1402

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ATP Wiedeń 2020: największe zwycięstwo w karierze, lider rankingu pokonany!

[LL] Lorenzo Sonego d. [1] Novak Djoković 62 61

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ATP Wiedeń 2020 F:

31 Daniel Evans 1589
32 Lorenzo Sonego 1543
33 Hubert Hurkacz 1518

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Sonego Backs Up Djokovic Win, Earns Shot At Vienna Title

Spoiler:

Italian to play Rublev for the trophy
Lorenzo Sonego earned what he called, "the best victory of my life" on Friday against Novak Djokovic. His confidence showed on Saturday, when the World No. 42 played impressive tennis to reach the Erste Bank Open final.

The Italian, competing in his first ATP 500 semi-final in Vienna, defeated British No. 1 Daniel Evans 6-3, 6-4 in one hour and 21 minutes to set a final clash against red-hot Russian Andrey Rublev.

"I'm really happy," Sonego said in his on-court interview. "After yesterday it was not easy playing against Evans because he has a good talent. He has a good backhand and it was not easy. But today I won and I am so happy."

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The 25-year-old lost in the final round of qualifying against Aljaz Bedene six days ago, but he entered the draw as a lucky loser when Diego Schwartzman withdrew. Sonego is the first lucky loser to reach the Vienna final since home favourite Andreas Haider-Maurer in 2010.

"It's amazing. I started this tournament [by losing] in the qualies. It's not easy after losing my [qualifying] match to win four matches and now I got to the final," Sonego said. "I don't have any expectations. I go with confidence and I [will] try to do my best tomorrow."

Sonego had never previously played Evans, but he managed to outsmart one of the best tacticians on the ATP Tour. The Briton has eight Top 20 victories this season, many of which he has earned by getting players out of their comfort zone with his intelligent use of angles and spins.

But Sonego set the tone with big hitting early to prevent Evans from finding his own rhythm, and the Italian consistently used his forehand drop shot throughout the match to keep his 30-year-old opponent off balance. Entering this event, Sonego had lost 10 consecutive tour-level matches on hard courts.

"This week I've improved my tennis for sure. I improved my return, my serve," Sonego said. "I worked so hard and now I have the confidence to win this match and the experience. I needed to [get] some experience."

Evans attempted to shake things up as the match wore on, even throwing in serve-and-volley attempts and charging the net early in points. But Sonego had an answer for everything Evans threw at him, winning 78 per cent of his service points and breaking serve three times to triumph.

Sonego will meet Rublev for the first time in their ATP Head2Head series on Sunday. Rublev is pursuing his fifth ATP Tour title of the season, while Sonego is trying to lift the second tour-level trophy of his career.

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02.11.2020

Najwyższy ranking w karierze: 32

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Finał w Wiedniu.

Drugi raz 25-letni Włoch zagrał w finale turnieju ATP (1-1).

Lorenzo Sonego - przegrane finały (1):
2020 (1) Wiedeń

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ATP Paryż 2020: pierwszy wygrany mecz w Bercy.

Lorenzo Sonego d. Alexander Bublik 6-1 6-4

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Tenisiści Jannik Sinner i Lorenzo Sonego zostali laureatami Gazzetta Sports Awards - plebiscytu dla najlepszych włoskich sportowców.

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