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The 16th seed Lorenzo Sonego snapped a five-match losing streak by overcoming World No. 44 Ilya Ivashka 6-3, 6-3. The Italian reached the quarter-finals in Monte Carlo in 2019 and got this year’s campaign off to a solid start, striking 25 winners to his opponent’s 15 to seal victory in 89 minutes on Court des Princes.

The match was Ivashka’s first since suffering a broken wrist in February, and despite a strong effort he was unable to stop World No. 26 Sonego booking a second-round spot.

The Italian’s next opponent will be Laslo Djere, after the World No. 62 overcame Maxime Cressy in a two-hour, 24-minute battle to notch a first win in Monte Carlo in his third appearance at the event.

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LORENZO SONEGO ON HIS GREAT RUN IN ROME LAST YEAR: "It was my best tournament in my life last year. I played some special players like Thiem, Rublev and I also played Djokovic on centre court. Today I come back here to Rome and it’s like my home. It’s really special and I want to enjoy every moment on court and I want to play my best like last year."

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Sonego Surges Past Paire In Stuttgart

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Italian next faces home favourite Struff at ATP 250 grass-court event
After an early struggle, Lorenzo Sonego passed his opening test of the 2022 grass-court season with flying colours on Monday in Stuttgart.

The sixth-seeded Italian recovered an early deficit to ease to a 7-5, 6-2 first-round win against Benoit Paire at the BOSS OPEN ATP 250 event.

“It’s my first time here, it’s my first tournament on grass and I’m really happy [with] this match,” said the sixth seed after defeating Paire. “It’s never easy to pass from clay to grass, but I enjoy it because if I serve good it is easier for me.”

Sonego initially struggled behind his delivery against Paire, dropping his serve in the first and fifth games of the match against the 2017 semi-finalist. However, the Italian stayed solid as inconsistencies crept into the Paire game, and Sonego reeled off four games in a row from 3-5 to clinch the first set before breaking twice in the second to ease to a 77-minute victory.

The win improved Sonego’s career tour-level record on grass to 12-6. The Italian won a title on the surface in Antalya in 2019 and also reached the final in Eastbourne in 2021.

Sonego’s second-round opponent will be home wild card Jan-Lennard Struff, who edged through his first-round clash with Marcos Giron in a tense deciding-set tie-break.

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