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Lorenzo Sonego #219 def. Mohamed Safwat #223

6-3 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Jan 16, 2018*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	Q2
Winner	Lorenzo Sonego
Score	6-3 7-6(5)
Loser	Mohamed Safwat
Duration	1h 28m

Stat	Lorenzo Sonego	Mohamed Safwat
Aces	6	1
Double faults	1	0
First serve %	65	68
First serve points won %	79	58
Second serve points won %	70	71
Break points saved %	—	88
Break points converted %	12	—
Service points won %	75	62
Return points won %	38	25
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Lorenzo Sonego	Mohamed Safwat
Country	ITA	EGY
Birth date	May 11, 1995	Sep 19, 1990
Age	22	27
Height	191	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	219	223
Ranking points (entering)	243	238
Elo (entering)	1,483	1,530
Career W-L	166–188	2–12
Career earnings	$9,813,652	$905,977

Pre-match H2H

Lorenzo Sonego 0 – 0 Mohamed Safwat

Path

Lorenzo Sonego's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2018	Q1	Thiago Monteiro	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Lorenzo Sonego's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2018	Q3	Bernard Tomic	6-1 6-7(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Mohamed Safwat's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2018	Q1	Jurgen Zopp	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data