Lorenzo Musetti and Ernests Gulbis will face off in the quarter of the Biella 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3:30 pm on PALAPAJETTA COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lorenzo Musetti who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Lorenzo Musetti is the pick to win this match.
Lorenzo Musetti -> 1.444
Ernests Gulbis -> 2.77
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Prediction and head to head Lorenzo Musetti vs. Ernests Gulbis
There is no head to head record between Lorenzo Musetti and Ernests Gulbis since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Lorenzo Musetti
Ranked no. 122 (career high), the Italian got to the quarter after beating Stefano Napolitano 7-5 6-3 and Lukas Lacko 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Lorenzo had a good straight sets win against Lacko (6-4 6-3). During the match Musetti scored 68 points vs Lacko’s 56. The Italian was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Musetti managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Lorenzo Musetti lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Musetti put 62% of his first serves in, winning 85% (34/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (10/25) on the 2nd serve. Lorenzo broke Lacko 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Musetti has a solid record in the last 4 years having won 61% of his matches (69-45). 3-1 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Musetti has a 11-10 win-loss record in the last 4 years on indoor hard courts.
Lorenzo’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Antalya Challenger.
Musetti has a 7-4 win-loss record in 2021, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Biella 2 Challenger
Musetti has never competed in this tournament before.
Ernests Gulbis
Ranked no. 187, Gulbis reached the quarter after defeating Raul Brancaccio 4-6 6-3 6-4 and Dmitry Popko 6-1 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Latvian had a good straight sets win against Popko (6-1 6-4). During the match Gulbis scored 58 points vs Popko’s 42. The Latvian was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Gulbis recorded 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ernests Gulbis was pretty effective on serve to win 81% (26/32) of his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Ernests broke Popko 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Latvian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
The Latvian has a 2-3 win-loss record in 2021, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Musetti | Gulbis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 40 | 46 |
| Pts | 146-125 | 142-117 |
| Total Points | 271 | 259 |
| Winners | 65 | 63 |
| %Winners | 45% | 44% |
Both Musetti and Gulbis played 2 matches. At the moment, Ernests Gulbis conceded 1 set while Lorenzo Musetti hasn’t conceded a set so far. Musetti has played 1 set(s) less than Gulbis (4 vs 5). Therefore, Musetti played 6 games less than Gulbis. Musetti scored 65 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Latvian scored 63 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Musetti | Gulbis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 6.5 | 9.5 |
| 1st in | 89/146 | 77/136 |
| %1st in | 61% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 65/89 | 63/77 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 27/57 | 28/59 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 47% |
Musetti scored 13 aces (6.5 per match). Gulbis scored 19 aces (9.5 per match). Musetti won 73% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Gulbis won 82% 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 | Gulbis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 7 |
| Converted | 7/16 | 7/11 |
| % Converted | 44% | 64% |
| Conceded | 15 | 5 |
| Saved | 12 | 2 |
| % Saved | 80% | 40% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Lorenzo broke his opponents 7 times with a 44% conversion rate. Lorenzo lost his serve 3 times and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The Latvian broke his opponents 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. Ernests conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.
| Musetti | ||||
| R1 Napolitano |
R2 Lacko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 19 | 40 | |
| pts | 78-69 | 68-56 | 146-125 | |
| Total points | 147 | 124 | 271 | |
| Winners | 31 | 34 | 65 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 50% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 4 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 49/81 | 40/65 | 89/146 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 62% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 31/49 | 34/40 | 65/89 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 85% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/32 | 10/25 | 27/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 40% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 3/9 | 7/16 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 33% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 6 | 15 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 5/6 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 83% | 81% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Gulbis | ||||
| R1 Brancaccio |
R2 Popko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-4 | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 17 | 46 | |
| pts | 84-75 | 58-42 | 142-117 | |
| Total points | 159 | 100 | 259 | |
| Winners | 37 | 26 | 63 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 45% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 12 | 7 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 45/80 | 32/56 | 77/136 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 37/45 | 26/32 | 63/77 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 81% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/35 | 13/24 | 28/59 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 54% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 3/5 | 7/11 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 60% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 1/1 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 100% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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