Lorenzo Musetti and Benjamin Bonzi will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Istanbul Challenger for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 am on COURT 1. 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 -> 1.6
Benjamin Bonzi -> 2.28
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Prediction and head to head Lorenzo Musetti vs. Benjamin Bonzi
This will be the 3rd time that Lorenzo Musetti and Benjamin Bonzi clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Musetti (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played, Musetti won 6-1 6-4 in the 1st round in the Cordenons Challenger back in 2019.
Lorenzo Musetti
Ranked no. 129, Musetti reached the 1st round after defeating Danilo Petrovic 6-4 7-66.
In the 1st round, Musetti had a good straight sets win against Petrovic (6-4 7-66). During the match Musetti scored 86 points vs Petrovic’s 77. The Italian was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about the service games, Musetti struck 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Lorenzo Musetti was quite effective on serve to win 85% (35/41) of his 1st serve and 61% (19/31) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Italian broke Petrovic once after converting 10% of his break points (1/10).
Musetti has a solid record in the last 4 years having won 60% of his matches (63-42). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Musetti has a 9-9 match record in the last 4 years on indoor hard courts.
The Italian has a 1-1 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Istanbul Challenger
The Italian didn’t compete in the Istanbul Challenger in 2020.
Benjamin Bonzi
Ranked no. 164 (career high), Bonzi got to the 1st round after beating Blaz Rola 6-4 2-1 ret..
In the 1st round, Bonzi had a good straight sets win against Rola (6-4 2-1 ret.). During the match Bonzi scored 42 points vs Rola’s 37. The French player was quite aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about serving, Bonzi bagged 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Benjamin Bonzi conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 66% of his first serves in, win 83% (19/23) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (6/12) on the 2nd serve. The French player was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Rola twice.
The French player has a 1-1 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Istanbul Challenger
The French player lost in the semifinal to Ilya Ivashka.
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWLWW Tennis Scores in Istanbul Challenger
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- Ergi KirkinErgi – Joao MenezesJoao (6-2 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Mohamed SafwatMohamed – Federico GaioFederico (7-6(4) 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Go SoedaSoeda – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Facundo BagnisBagnis – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Antoine HoangHoang (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ergi KirkinKirkin – Jozef KovalikKovalik (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Benjamin BonziBonzi (2-0) – H2H and prediction
