Lorenzo Musetti bests Matteo Berrettini 7-6(5) 6-2 in the final in Naples on Sunday in what was an all-Italian affair. The battle lasted 2 hours and 1 minute. He won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in his career.
Lorenzo added € 38,790 to his prize money after conquering this final. He has earned € 93,090 in total after conquering this tournament.
Highlights Lorenzo Musetti vs. Matteo Berrettini Tennis Napoli Open – Naples
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:01
At the end of the match, Musetti scored 78 points vs. Matteo’s 63.
Musetti
Musetti served pretty well to win 85% of the points (35/41) behind his first serve, and he won 57% points (16/28) on his second serve. Musetti won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points since he converted only 29% (2/7) of the procured opportunities.
Berrettini
On the other side, Matteo wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Musetti and Berrettini is 1-0 for Lorenzo.
This was the 2nd career title for Musetti. He won the previous title in Naples. (see list of titles and finals). Matteo remains with 7th titles. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Eventually, Lorenzo won the tiebreak at 7-5.
Tiebreak
Musetti won 2 minibreaks in the 7th (4-3) and 12th (7-5) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
Lorenzo was unable to convert any of the 4 conquered break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 30-40). On the other side, Berrettini wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5th game (2-2 40-A).
They contested 101 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally Lorenzo won only 1 point more than Berrettini (51-50). Musetti dropped 15 points on serve (34-15). On the other side, Berrettini conceded 17 points on serve (35-17).
Musetti conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Matteo Berrettini in the 1st game (1-0). Lorenzo managed to strengthen his lead after breaking Berrettini in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).
Musetti converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40). On the other side, Musetti didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 40 points. Lorenzo won 12 more points than Berrettini (26-14). Musetti was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (16-3). In addition, on the other side, Berrettini conceded 10 points on serve (11-10).
