Lorenzo Musetti extinguishes Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-0 6-4 in the 2nd round in the Antalya Challenger on Thursday after playing a remarkable match to square off with Akira Santillan in the quarter.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much of a fight in this set because the Italian conceded no games to Ramkumar before winning the set 6-0.
Musetti converted 50% of his break points (3/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 3rd (2-0 40-A and 40-A) and the 5th game (4-0 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Italian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 35 points. Musetti was the one to win the set after conquering 17 points more than Ramkumar (26-9). The Italian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (12-2). on the other side of the net, the Indian conceded 14 points on serve (7-14).
Musetti won the set after he broke Ramkumar in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game. Ramanathan tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. Nevertheless, Musetti didn’t blink to win the set 6-4.
Lorenzo was unable to break the Indian in the 1st game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
They played 70 points. The Italian was the one to win the set after conquering 12 more points than Ramanathan (41-29). Musetti dropped 12 points on serve (24-12). On the losing side, Ramkumar conceded 17 points on serve (17-17).
Lorenzo added to his prize money € 530 after winning this match. He has won already € 1,260 after this win. If he wins the next match, Musetti will add € 900 to his earnings to get in total € 2,160 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, the Italian scored 66 points vs. Ramanathan’s 40.
The Italian served exceptionally well to win 79% of the points (27/34) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (8/16) on his second serve. The Italian won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points as he converted only 38% (5/13) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, Ramkumar was battling in converting his break points (only 14% – 1/7). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Musetti and Ramanathan is 1-0 for Lorenzo.
Draw and next match H2H: Lorenzo Musetti vs. Akira Santillan – stats
Musetti will come up against Santillan in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Lorenzo Musetti and Akira Santillan since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Antalya Challenger
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- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Paolo LorenziLorenzi (3-6 6-4 7-67) – Stats and score progression
- Tommy RobredoRobredo – Blaz KavcicKavcic (4-6 6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi – Roberto Cid SuberviCid Subervi (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Akira SantillanSantillan – Emilio GomezGomez (6-0 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Leonardo MayerMayer (7-5 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (6-0 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Tommy RobredoRobredo – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Akira SantillanSantillan (0-0) – H2H details and stats
