DUBAI RESULTS. Andrey Rublev hustles Musetti in the 1st round

Andrey Rublev tops Lorenzo Musetti 6-4 6-4 in the 1^st round in Dubai on Monday. Rublev will have to play Joao Sousa or Filip Krajinovic in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Rublev overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Musetti in the 1^st game (1-0). However, that wasn’t sufficient for Andrey to win the set because the Italian succeeded in breaking back in the 2^nd (1-1) game. Rublev kept his focus to break the Italian in the 3^rd (2-1) game before conquering the set (6-4).

2^nd set.

Rublev didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Musetti in the 1^st game (1-0). Nonetheless, there was more work to do for Andrey to win the set since Lorenzo succeeded in breaking back in the 4^th (2-2) game. The Russian maintained his cool to break Lorenzo in the 9^th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

The Russian wasted a good opportunity to break Musetti in the 3^rd game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Russian scored 69 points vs. the Italian’s 57 points.

Andrey served very well to win 84% of the points (26/31) behind his first serve. Nevertheless he won only 38% points (9/24) on his second serve. The Russian won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points since he converted only 33% (4/12). On the other side, the Italian didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (2/4). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this encounter, the head to head between Rublev and Musetti is 1-0 for Andrey.

Highlights Andrey Rublev vs. Lorenzo Musetti Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships – Dubai

Next Match H2H: Andrey Rublev vs. Joao Sousa or Filip Krajinovic – stats

Rublev will face either Joao Sousa or Filip Krajinovic in the 2^nd round. The head to head is 1-1 vs. Joao Sousa and 1-2 vs. Filip Krajinovic.

Tennis Scores in Dubai

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• Andrey RublevRublev – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
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