Andreas Seppi and Lorenzo Musetti will face off in the semifinal of the Biella 2 Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:30 pm on PALAPAJETTA COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and 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 -> 1.57
Andreas Seppi -> 2.4
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Prediction and head to head Andreas Seppi vs. Lorenzo Musetti
This will be the 2nd time that Andreas Seppi and Lorenzo Musetti square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Musetti (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Musetti won 6-3 6-1 in the quarter in the Forli Challenger back in 2020.
Highlights Lorenzo Musetti vs Andreas Seppi – Forli Challenger 24-September-2020
Andreas Seppi
Ranked no. 108, Andreas got to the quarter after defeating Matteo Viola 6-2 4-6 7-5, Martin Klizan 7-68 6-3 and Illya Marchenko 6-4 7-5.
In the quarter, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Marchenko (6-4 7-5). During the match Seppi scored 69 points vs Marchenko’s 58. Andreas was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Seppi bagged 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Andreas Seppi lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Seppi put 54% of his first serves in, winning 69% (22/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (18/27) on the 2nd serve. Andreas broke Marchenko 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Andreas has lost 1 set in this tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Seppi has a good record in the last 10 years having won 51% of his matches (258-247). 3-0 on indoor hard courts in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Seppi has a 69-57 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Andreas has a 3-2 win-loss record in 2021, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Biella 2 Challenger
Andreas has never competed in this tournament before.
Lorenzo Musetti
Ranked no. 122 (career high), Lorenzo reached the quarter after beating Stefano Napolitano 7-5 6-3, Lukas Lacko 6-4 6-3 and Ernests Gulbis 6-2 6-4.
In the quarter, Lorenzo had a good straight sets win against Gulbis (6-2 6-4). During the match Musetti scored 66 points vs Gulbis’s 52. Musetti was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Musetti struck 4 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Lorenzo Musetti was quite effective on serve to win 73% (29/40) of his 1st serve and 62% (16/26) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Musetti broke Gulbis 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Lorenzo’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Antalya Challenger.
Lorenzo has a 8-4 win-loss record in 2021, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Seppi | Musetti |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 74 | 58 |
| Pts | 256-225 | 212-177 |
| Total Points | 481 | 389 |
| Winners | 103 | 94 |
| %Winners | 40% | 44% |
Both Seppi and Musetti played 3 matches. At the moment, Andreas Seppi lost 1 set while Lorenzo Musetti hasn’t conceded a set so far. Seppi has played 1 set more than Musetti (7 vs 6). Therefore, Seppi played 16 games more than Musetti. The Italian scored 103 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian recorded 94 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Seppi | Musetti |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 17 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 5.7 | 5.7 |
| 1st in | 147/255 | 129/212 |
| %1st in | 58% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 103/147 | 94/129 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 52/108 | 43/83 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 52% |
Seppi blasted 17 aces (5.7 per match). Musetti recorded 17 aces (5.7 per match). Seppi won 70% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Musetti won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Seppi | Musetti |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 15 | 10 |
| Converted | 15/33 | 10/23 |
| % Converted | 45% | 43% |
| Conceded | 28 | 21 |
| Saved | 18 | 18 |
| % Saved | 64% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 10 | 3 |
Seppi broke his opponents 15 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 10 times with a 43% conversion rate. Musetti conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.
| Seppi | |||||
| R1 Viola |
R2 Klizan |
1/4 Marchenko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 4-6 7-5 | 7-68 6-3 | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 22 | 22 | 74 | |
| pts | 105-101 | 82-66 | 69-58 | 256-225 | |
| Total points | 206 | 148 | 127 | 481 | |
| Winners | 42 | 39 | 22 | 103 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 48% | 32% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 8 | 5 | 4 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 4 | 3 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 68/118 | 47/78 | 32/59 | 147/255 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 60% | 54% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 42/68 | 39/47 | 22/32 | 103/147 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 83% | 69% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/50 | 12/31 | 18/27 | 52/108 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 39% | 67% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 7 | 4 | 4 | 15 | |
| Converted | 7/15 | 4/7 | 4/11 | 15/33 | |
| Converted % | 47% | 57% | 36% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 17 | 9 | 2 | 28 | |
| Saved | 12/17 | 6/9 | 0/2 | 18 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 67% | 0% | 46% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Musetti | |||||
| R1 Napolitano |
R2 Lacko |
1/4 Gulbis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | 6-4 6-3 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 19 | 18 | 58 | |
| pts | 78-69 | 68-56 | 66-52 | 212-177 | |
| Total points | 147 | 124 | 118 | 389 | |
| Winners | 31 | 34 | 29 | 94 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 50% | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 9 | 4 | 4 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 49/81 | 40/65 | 40/66 | 129/212 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 62% | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 31/49 | 34/40 | 29/40 | 94/129 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 85% | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/32 | 10/25 | 16/26 | 43/83 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 40% | 62% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 3/9 | 3/7 | 10/23 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 33% | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 6 | 6 | 21 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 5/6 | 6/6 | 18 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 83% | 100% | 87% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
LLLWWLLWLW Tennis Scores in Biella 2 Challenger
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Yannick MadenMaden (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Andreas SeppiSeppi – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Ernests GulbisGulbis (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy – Federico GaioGaio (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Andreas SeppiSeppi – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Andreas SeppiSeppi – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (0-1) – H2H and prediction
