Lorenzo Musetti and Alex Molcan will play each other in the 2nd round of the Gran Canaria 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and the relative 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 -> 1.26
Alex Molcan -> 3.7
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Prediction and head to head Lorenzo Musetti vs. Alex Molcan
There is no head to head record between Lorenzo Musetti and Alex Molcan since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Lorenzo Musetti
Ranked no. 115 (career high), Musetti got to the 2nd round after defeating Alex Marti Pujolras 6-3 7-5.
In the 1st round, Musetti had a good straight sets win against Marti Pujolras (6-3 7-5). During the match Musetti scored 75 points vs Marti Pujolras’s 58. The Italian was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Musetti scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Lorenzo Musetti lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Musetti put 73% of his first serves in, winning 53% (25/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Marti Pujolras 7 times after converting 64% of his break points (7/11).
Musetti has a solid win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 61% of his matches (72-46). 5-2 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Musetti has a 52-28 record in the last 4 years on clay.
Musetti’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Antalya Challenger and the Biella 2 Challenger.
Lorenzo has a 10-5 win-loss record in 2021, 5-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Gran Canaria 1 Challenger
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
Alex Molcan
Ranked no. 308, Molcan reached the 2nd round after defeating Pol Martin Tiffon 6-1 6-4, Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo 7-65 6-3 and Mark Owen Endler 6-0 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Slovakian had a good straight sets win against Owen Endler (6-0 6-1). During the match Molcan scored 52 points vs Owen Endler’s 19. The Slovakian was very aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Talking about serving, Molcan blasted 4 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Alex Molcan was quite effective on serve to win 81% (17/21) of his 1st serve and 80% (12/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Molcan broke Owen Endler 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Alex has a 6-3 win-loss record in 2021, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Musetti | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 52 |
| Pts | 75-58 | 193-133 |
| Total Points | 133 | 326 |
| Winners | 25 | 66 |
| %Winners | 33% | 34% |
Musetti played 1 match while Molcan competed in 3 matches. Molcan started his run from the qualifications while Musetti had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Musetti has played 4 set(s) less than Molcan (2 vs 6). Therefore, Musetti played 31 games less than Molcan. Lorenzo scored 25 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The Slovakian scored 66 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Musetti | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 3.7 |
| 1st in | 47/64 | 87/151 |
| %1st in | 73% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 25/47 | 66/87 |
| %1st pts | 53% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 37/64 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 58% |
Musetti managed to score 1 ace . Molcan also bagged 11 aces (3.7 per match). Musetti won 53% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Molcan won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Musetti | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 14 |
| Converted | 7/11 | 14/23 |
| % Converted | 64% | 61% |
| Conceded | 9 | 7 |
| Saved | 5 | 4 |
| % Saved | 56% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
Lorenzo broke his opponent 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. Lorenzo dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. Alex broke his opponents 14 times with a 61% conversion rate. Molcan conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Musetti | |||
| R1 Marti |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 75-58 | 75-58 | |
| Total points | 133 | 133 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 47/64 | 47/64 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 25/47 | 25/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 53% | 53% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 10/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/11 | 7/11 | |
| Converted % | 64% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Molcan | |||||
| Q1 Martin |
Q3 Sanchez-Izquierdo |
R1 Owen |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 7-65 6-3 | 6-0 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 22 | 13 | 52 | |
| pts | 62-43 | 79-71 | 52-19 | 193-133 | |
| Total points | 105 | 150 | 71 | 326 | |
| Winners | 18 | 31 | 17 | 66 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 39% | 33% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 24/43 | 42/72 | 21/36 | 87/151 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 58% | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 18/24 | 31/42 | 17/21 | 66/87 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 74% | 81% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 13/30 | 12/15 | 37/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 43% | 80% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | |
| Converted | 5/5 | 4/10 | 5/8 | 14/23 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 40% | 63% | 61% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 50% | – | 117% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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