Lorenzo Musetti too good for the 2019 runner-up Federico Gaio 6-3 6-2 in the 1st round in the Parma Challenger on Monday in what was an all-Italian match after playing a solid match.

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Musetti conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Gaio in the 1st game (1-0). Lorenzo managed to strengthen his lead after breaking Federico in the 9th (6-3) game before winning the set.

Musetti converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Lorenzo didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 44 points. Lorenzo was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than Gaio (25-19). Lorenzo was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). on the other side of the court, Federico conceded 9 points on serve (15-9).

Lorenzo in this set played at a much higher level than Federico and without too much struggle he won 6-2 after breaking Gaio in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

Federico was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-2 to 6-2.

Musetti converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (3-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A). On the other side, Gaio wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5th game (2-2 30-40).

They played 52 points. Musetti was the winner of the set after clinching 14 points more than Federico (33-19). Musetti was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (17-3). On the losing side, Gaio conceded 16 points on serve (16-16).

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Musetti
Gaio
6-3 6-2
1h:08
58
58
Total points
38
38
25
25
Winners
19
19
43%
43%
Ratio Winners
50%
50%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
2
2
0
0
Double Faults
3
3
78%
78%
1st in
59%
59%
81%
81%
1st won
58%
58%
25/31
25/31
1st won
19/33
19/33
89%
89%
2nd won
52%
52%
8/9
8/9
2nd won
12/23
12/23
-- Break Points --
4/10
4/10
Total
0/1
0/1
40%
40%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Musetti scored 58 points vs. Gaio’s 38.

Musetti served very well to win 81% of the points (25/31) behind his first serve, and he won 89% points (8/9) on his second serve. Musetti won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points since he converted only 40% (4/10) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, Federico wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Musetti and Gaio is 1-0 for Lorenzo.

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