Lorenzo Musetti shocks Andreas Seppi 6-3 6-1 in the quarter in the Forli Challenger on Thursday in what was an all-Italian contest after playing a tremendous match to face off with Salvatore Caruso or Lloyd-Harris in the semifinal.
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The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Musetti grabbed in the 6th game (4-2) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-3).
Lorenzo converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 6th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Musetti didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 64 points. Lorenzo conquered the set after winning 10 points more than Seppi (37-27). Lorenzo lost 8 points on serve (22-8). on the other side of the net, Andreas conceded 15 points on serve (19-15).
Lorenzo won the set after he broke Seppi 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game.
Andreas had no answers in the last 6 games of the set when the game count went from 0-1 to 6-1.
Lorenzo converted 60% of his break points (3/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (3-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (5-1 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Musetti didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 45 points. Lorenzo was the winner of the set after clinching 13 points more than Andreas (29-16). Musetti was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (12-2). Regarding the other side of the net, Andreas conceded 17 points on serve (14-17).
Lorenzo will add to his prize money € 1,780 after winning this match. He has won already € 4,260 so far in this competition. If he wins the next match, Lorenzo will add € 2,940 to his earnings to get in total € 7,200.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, Lorenzo scored 66 points vs. Andreas’s 43.
Musetti served pretty well to win 85% of the points (22/26) behind his first serve, and he won 67% points (12/18) on his second serve. Lorenzo won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points after he converted only 36% (4/11) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, Andreas wasn’t able to conquer any break point. However, Lorenzo was just to good and Andreas had no opportunity to win this match.
After this match, the head to head between Musetti and Seppi is 1-0 for Lorenzo.
Draw and next match H2H: Lorenzo Musetti vs. Salvatore Caruso or Lloyd Harris – stats
Musetti will play either Salvatore Caruso or Lloyd Harris in the semifinal. The head to head is 0-0 vs. Salvatore Caruso and 0-0 vs. Lloyd Harris.
Tennis Scores in Forli Challenger
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Andreas SeppiSeppi (6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Alexander RitschardRitschard (7-6(4) 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Guilherme ClezarClezar (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Lloyd HarrisHarris (0-0) – H2H details and stats
