Borna Gojo overtakes Croatia after beating Lorenzo Sonego in three sets (7-6 (2), 2-6, 6-2). The Croatian has achieved one of his best triumphs in his professional career.
Croatia hits first in the inaugural tie of the quarterfinals and does so with a Borna Gojo who has grown and performed at a very high level to defeat Sonego in three sets and giving a very important advantage to the Croatian team in the tie.
The tall Croatian player is a player more used to the Challenger circuit, as opposed to a Sonego who knows what it’s like to win ATP titles. Nevertheless The good work of the Croatian at the service has made a game much more even than expected at first.
Gojo surprises in Italy
The match began with a Sonego dominating with his aggressive and orderly tennis and he quickly achieved a break advantage that seemed to be definitive. But the Croatian has not given up and has managed to regain the service to finally take the first set in the tie-break and showing a high level with his serve.
However, Sonego has not given up so easily, and little by little he has been imposing his greater tennis and his greater physique to clearly defeat Gojo in a second set. en where the tennis difference between the two players has been demonstrated today.
The third set would serve to define the winner of the first match of the quarter-final series, and there the Croatian tennis player has imposed his direct and aggressive tennis, and Relying on his good service, he has taken advantage of his greater confidence in his game to end up surprisingly prevailing over Sonego and giving the first point of the series to the Croatian team and pave the Croatian way to the semifinals of the Davis Cup, a Davis Cup that they already won back in 2018 and who want to dream of it again.
