Jaume Antoni Munar Clar topples Lorenzo Musetti 6-77 6-2 6-2 in the final of the Antalya Challenger on Sunday.
Antoni Munar Clar was great in turning the match in the last 2 sets after losing the opener. In fact, he conceded only 4 games in the last 2 sets after winning 57 points vs. Musetti’s 36 points.
Live score progression and stats
Musetti started the set in the best possible way after breaking Antoni Munar Clar in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, that wasn’t sufficient for the Italian to win the set because Antoni Munar Clar managed to break back in the 5th (2-3) game. Musetti maintained his focus before winning the set at the breaker at 7.
Tiebreak
Musetti won 7 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 3rd (2-1), 6th (4-2), 7th (5-2), 14th (7-7), 15th (8-7) and 16th (9-7) point. On the other side, Jaume won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 8th (3-5), 9th (4-5) and 12th (6-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 8-7, 9-7
Musetti surrendered 17 points on serve (26-17). Regarding the other side of the net, Jaume conceded 17 points on serve (27-17).
Antoni Munar Clar enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Musetti in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Antoni Munar Clar extended his lead after breaking the Italian in the 8th (6-2) game before winning the set.
Antoni Munar Clar converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Spaniard didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 45 points. Antoni Munar Clar conquered the set after winning 11 points more than Musetti (28-17). The Spaniard was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (16-3). On the other side, Lorenzo conceded 12 points on serve (14-12).
Musetti was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Antoni Munar Clar in the 1st game (1-0). However, the Spaniard managed to stage a good comeback to break Lorenzo 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 6th (4-2) gamein the 8th game before winning the set (6-2) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Musetti was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-2 to 6-2.
Jaume converted 50% of his break points (3/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (3-2 0-40) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Musetti was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 15-40).
They played 49 points. Jaume won 13 more points than Lorenzo (31-18). Jaume conceded 6 points on serve (13-6). on the other side of the net, Lorenzo conceded 18 points on serve (12-18).
Jaume added € 2,540 to his prize money after conquering this final. He has earned € 6,190 in total after winning this tournament.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:28
At the end of the match, Jaume scored 106 points vs. Musetti’s 83.
Jaume served very well to win 78% of the points (45/58) behind his first serve. Yet he won only 48% points (10/21) on his second serve. Jaume won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points as he converted only 46% (6/13) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, Lorenzo was absolutely great in converting all his break points (2/2). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.
After this contest, the head to head between Antoni Munar Clar and Musetti is 2-0 for Jaume.
At challenger level, this was the maiden title for Antoni Munar Clar that won his first title at the first attempt. At challenger level, The Italian lost the opportunity to win his title at the first attempt.
