Lorenzo Musetti upsets Frances Tiafoe 6-4 5-7 6-2 in the 2nd round in Forli Challenger on Wednesday. Musetti will fight against Andreas Seppi in the 3rd round.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Lorenzo grabbed in the 5th game (3-2) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-4).
Francis lost the 5th game (3-2) when he had 3 consecutive game points when leading 40-0.
The Italian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (2-2 40-A). On the other side, the American wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (2-3 40-A).
They contested 65 points. The Italian conquered the set after winning 7 more points than Tiafoe (36-29). Lorenzo lost 8 points on serve (23-8). On the other side, the American conceded 13 points on serve (21-13).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Francis conquered in the 12th game (7-5).
They contested 63 points. Francis was the winner of the set after clinching 11 more points than the Italian (37-24). Francis was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (24-3). On the losing side, the Italian conceded 13 points on serve (23-13).
Tiafoe conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Musetti in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, Musetti managed to stage a great comeback to break Francis 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).
Tiafoe was completely wiped out in the last 6 games of the set when the score went from 0-2 to 6-2.
Musetti converted 33% of his break points (3/9). He had 9 break points opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 15-40), the 5th (2-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Tiafoe was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 2nd game (1-0 0-40).
They contested 61 points. The Italian conquered the set after winning 9 more points than Francis (35-26). The Italian surrendered 7 points on serve (12-7). On the losing side, Francis conceded 23 points on serve (19-23).
Musetti will add to his prize money € 1,020 after winning this match. He has won already € 2,480 after this win. If he wins the next match, Musetti will add € 1,780 to his earnings to get in total € 4,260 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
After this match, the head to head between Musetti and Tiafoe is 1-0 for Lorenzo.
Draw and next match H2H: Lorenzo Musetti vs. Andreas Seppi – stats
Musetti will play Seppi in the 3rd round.
There is no head to head record between Lorenzo Musetti and Andreas Seppi since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Forli Challenger
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- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Pedro SakamotoSakamoto (5-7 6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
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