Lorenzo Musetti and Lukas Lacko will face off in the 2nd round of the Biella 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:30 am on PALAPAJETTA COURT. Here the head to head stats and the relative 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 -> 1.62
Lukas Lacko -> 2.3
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Prediction and head to head Lorenzo Musetti vs. Lukas Lacko
There is no head to head record between Lorenzo Musetti and Lukas Lacko since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Lorenzo Musetti
Ranked no. 122 (career high), Musetti reached the 2nd round after defeating Stefano Napolitano 7-5 6-3.
In the 1st round, Lorenzo had a good straight sets win against Napolitano (7-5 6-3). During the match Musetti scored 78 points vs Napolitano’s 69. Lorenzo was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Musetti fired 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Lorenzo Musetti lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Musetti put 60% of his first serves in, winning 63% (31/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (17/32) on the 2nd serve. Musetti broke Napolitano 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Musetti has a solid match record in the last 4 years having won 60% of his matches (68-45). 2-1 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Musetti has a 10-10 win-loss record in the last 4 years on indoor hard courts.
Lorenzo’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Antalya Challenger.
Musetti has a 6-4 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Biella 2 Challenger
Lorenzo didn’t compete in the Biella 2 Challenger in 2020.
Lukas Lacko
Ranked no. 186, Lacko got to the 2nd round after defeating Blaz Kavcic 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, Lukas had a good straight sets win against Kavcic (6-3 6-2). During the match Lacko scored 67 points vs Kavcic’s 46. The Slovakian was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Lacko blasted 9 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Lukas Lacko conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 7 break points. Furthermore, Lacko put 45% of his first serves in, winning 97% (28/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (17/36) on the 2nd serve. The Slovakian broke Kavcic 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Lukas’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Quimper 2 Challenger.
Lacko has a 3-4 win-loss record in 2021, 3-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Musetti | Lacko |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 17 |
| Pts | 78-69 | 67-46 |
| Total Points | 147 | 113 |
| Winners | 31 | 28 |
| %Winners | 40% | 42% |
Both Musetti and Lacko played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Musetti and Lacko have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Musetti played 4 games more than Lacko. The Italian scored 31 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Slovakian blasted 28 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Musetti | Lacko |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 9 |
| 1st in | 49/81 | 29/65 |
| %1st in | 60% | 45% |
| 1st pts | 31/49 | 28/29 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 97% |
| 2nd pts | 17/32 | 17/36 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 47% |
Musetti recorded 9 aces . Lacko scored 9 aces . Musetti won 63% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Lacko won 97% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Musetti | Lacko |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 3/4 |
| % Converted | 57% | 75% |
| Conceded | 9 | 7 |
| Saved | 7 | 7 |
| % Saved | 78% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
The Italian broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Musetti dropped his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. Lukas broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Slovakian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 7 break points.
| Musetti | |||
| R1 Napolitano |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 78-69 | 78-69 | |
| Total points | 147 | 147 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 49/81 | 49/81 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 31/49 | 31/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/32 | 17/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Lacko | |||
| R1 Kavcic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 67-46 | 67-46 | |
| Total points | 113 | 113 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 29/65 | 29/65 | |
| % 1st in | 45% | 45% | |
| 1st pts | 28/29 | 28/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 97% | 97% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/36 | 17/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 7/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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