Frances Tiafoe and Lorenzo Musetti will square off in the 2nd round of the Forli Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11 am on Center Court. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lorenzo Musetti who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Lorenzo Musetti is the pick to win this match.
Lorenzo Musetti -> 1.47
Frances Tiafoe -> 2.6
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Prediction and head to head Frances Tiafoe vs. Lorenzo Musetti
There is no head to head record between Frances Tiafoe and Lorenzo Musetti since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Frances Tiafoe
Ranked no. 67, Francis reached the 2nd round after beating Tsung-Hua Yang 6-3 6-0.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Yang (6-3 6-0). During the match Tiafoe scored 53 points vs Yang’s 34. Tiafoe was exceptionally aggressive to blast 12 winners.
Regarding the service games, Tiafoe scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults. Frances Tiafoe lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Tiafoe put 60% of his first serves in, winning 50% (12/24) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the 2nd serve. Francis broke Yang 7 times after converting 58% of his break points (7/12).
Tiafoe has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 58% of his matches (222-161). 1-0 on clay in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Tiafoe has a 80-40 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
Tiafoe has a 10-10 win-loss record in 2020, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Forli Challenger
The American didn’t play in the Forli Challenger in 2019.
Lorenzo Musetti
Ranked no. 180 (career high), Musetti got to the 2nd round after defeating Teimuraz Gabashvili 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, Lorenzo had a good straight sets win against Gabashvili (6-2 6-4). During the match Musetti scored 72 points vs Gabashvili’s 52. The Italian was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Musetti bagged 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Lorenzo Musetti was extremely effective on serve to win 73% (29/40) of his 1st serve and 69% (9/13) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Lorenzo broke Gabashvili 4 times after converting 25% of his break points (4/16).
Musetti’s best result of the season was reaching the semi-finals in the Trieste Challenger.
Musetti has a 21-11 win-loss record in 2020, 12-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Forli Challenger
Musetti didn’t play in the Forli Challenger in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tiafoe | Musetti |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 18 |
| Pts | 53-34 | 72-52 |
| Total Points | 87 | 124 |
| Winners | 12 | 29 |
| %Winners | 23% | 40% |
Both Tiafoe and Musetti played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Tiafoe and Musetti have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Tiafoe played 3 games less than Musetti. Francis scored 12 winners (23% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian made 29 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tiafoe | Musetti |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 7 |
| 1st in | 24/40 | 40/53 |
| %1st in | 60% | 75% |
| 1st pts | 12/24 | 29/40 |
| %1st pts | 50% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 9/13 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 69% |
Tiafoe fired 1 ace . Musetti also recorded 7 aces . Tiafoe won 50% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Musetti won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tiafoe | Musetti |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 4 |
| Converted | 7/12 | 4/16 |
| % Converted | 58% | 25% |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 |
| Saved | 0 | 2 |
| % Saved | 0% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
The American broke his opponent 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. The American lost his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Musetti broke his opponent 4 times with a 25% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tiafoe | |||
| R1 Yang |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 53-34 | 53-34 | |
| Total points | 87 | 87 | |
| Winners | 12 | 12 | |
| %Winners | 23% | 23% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 24/40 | 24/40 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 12/24 | 12/24 | |
| % 1st pts | 50% | 50% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 10/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/12 | 7/12 | |
| Converted % | 58% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Musetti | |||
| R1 Gabashvili |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 72-52 | 72-52 | |
| Total points | 124 | 124 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 40/53 | 40/53 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 29/40 | 29/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/13 | 9/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/16 | 4/16 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLWWLLWLW Tennis Scores in Forli Challenger
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Dayne KellyKelly (6-79 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Teimuraz GabashviliGabashvili (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Michael VrbenskyVrbensky – Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven (6-3 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
- Bjorn FratangeloFratangelo – Filippo BaldiBaldi (6-2 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Andreas SeppiSeppi – Jules OkalaOkala (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (7-66 7-67) – See score progression
- Guilherme ClezarClezar – Matthias BachingerBachinger (7-68 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – Andrea VavassoriVavassori (4-6 7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Thomaz BellucciBellucci – Elliot BenchetritBenchetrit (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Tsung-Hua YangYang (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi (7-64 1-6 7-64) – See score progression
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Christian HarrisonHarrison (7-5 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Yuichi SugitaSugita (6-1 7-62) – See score progression
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Viktor GalovicGalovic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Federico CoriaCoria – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (7-5 3-6 4-2 ret.) – See score progression
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