Frances Tiafoe and Lorenzo Musetti will square off in the 2^nd round of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel for the 3^rd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 6:00 pm on CANCHA 3. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Frances Tiafoe who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Frances Tiafoe is the pick to win this match.
Frances Tiafoe -> 1.71
Lorenzo Musetti -> 2.19

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This will be the 3^rd time that Frances Tiafoe and Lorenzo Musetti face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Tiafoe and Musetti (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Tiafoe won 6-3 3-6 6-3 in the 2^nd round in the Parma Challenger back in 2020.

Highlights Frances Tiafoe vs Lorenzo Musetti – Parma Challenger 07-October-2020

Frances Tiafoe

Ranked no. 56, Tiafoe got to the 2^nd round after defeating Brandon Nakashima 6-4 6-7⁵ 7-6⁵.

In the 1^st round, The American defeated Nakashima (6-4 6-7⁵ 7-6⁵).-108) than Nakashima. In fact, the world no. 56 won 108 points vs Nakashima’s. That means that Tiafoe was more focused during the important points. Tiafoe was pretty aggressive to blast 47 winners.

Regarding the service games, Tiafoe made 9 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Overall, Frances Tiafoe was very efficient on serve to win 77% (47/61) of his 1st serve and 57% (27/47) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Francis broke Nakashima twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Tiafoe has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 59% of his matches (237-168). 4-3 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Tiafoe has a 107-79 record in the last 8 years on hard.

Francis has a 6-5 win-loss record in 2021, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Acapulco

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2019. See his history.

Acapulco

Tiafoe's Record

Lorenzo Musetti

Ranked no. 120, Lorenzo reached the 2^nd round after defeating Juan Alejandro Hernandez 3-6 6-1 6-0, Agustin Velotti 6-3 7-5, Frederico Ferreira Silva 6-4 6-2 and Diego Sebastian Schwartzman 6-3 2-6 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Italian defeated Schwartzman (6-3 2-6 6-4).-84) than Schwartzman. In fact, the world no. 56 won 84 points vs Schwartzman’s. That means that Musetti was more focused during the important points. Lorenzo was pretty aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Talking about serving, Musetti blasted 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Lorenzo Musetti lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Musetti put 65% of his first serves in, winning 66% (41/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (13/33) on the 2nd serve. Musetti broke Schwartzman 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

The Italian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Antalya Challenger and the Biella 2 Challenger.

Musetti has a 14-6 win-loss record in 2021, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Acapulco

Lorenzo has never competed in this tournament before.

Acapulco

Musetti's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Tiafoe played 1 match while Musetti competed in 4 matches. Musetti started his run from the qualifications while Tiafoe had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Frances Tiafoe conceded 1 set, while Lorenzo Musetti dropped 2 sets. Tiafoe has played 7 set(s) less than Musetti (3 vs 10). Therefore, Tiafoe played 52 games less than Musetti. The American scored 47 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian blasted 133 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Tiafoe made 9 aces . Musetti managed to score 10 aces (2.5 per match). Tiafoe won 77% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Musetti won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.

How they played the important points

Francis broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. The American dropped his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Lorenzo broke his opponents 20 times with a 69% conversion rate. Musetti conceded his serve 11 times and he saved 66% of the break points that he conceded.

Head 2 Head

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Frances
Tiafoe

4:4

Lorenzo
Musetti

Rank

30

High

10

2Hard1

1Clay3

1Grass0

Rank

8

High

6

Win Loss

Tiafoe

LLLLLWWLWW

Musetti

LWLLWWWLLW

2025 2024 2023

26 - 21

45 - 22

13-11

Hard

18-11

1-1

I Hard

8-6

11-7

Clay

19-4

1-2

Grass

0-1

Tennis Scores in Acapulco

• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Denis KudlaKudla (7-6⁴ 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-4 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Casper RuudRuud – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Benoit PairePaire (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Milos RaonicRaonic – Tommy PaulPaul (7-6⁶ 6-4) – See score progression
• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (6-3 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (6-4 6-7⁵ 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Feliciano LopezLopez (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Stefan KozlovKozlov (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Gerardo Lopez VillasenorLopez Villasenor (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Sebastian KordaKorda – Marin CilicCilic (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (6-3 7-6⁸) – See score progression
• John IsnerIsner – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Laslo DjereDjere – Steve JohnsonJohnson (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Benoit PairePaire (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (6-3 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (6-4 6-7(5) 7-6(5)) – See score progression
• Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Feliciano LopezLopez (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-4 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Stefan KozlovKozlov (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Milos RaonicRaonic – Tommy PaulPaul (7-6(6) 6-4) – See score progression
• Casper RuudRuud – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Denis KudlaKudla (7-6(4) 4-6 6-3) – See score progression

• Fabio FogniniFognini – Cameron NorrieNorrie (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Laslo DjereDjere – Alexander ZverevZverev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – John IsnerIsner (2-2) – H2H and prediction
• Casper RuudRuud – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Milos RaonicRaonic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian KordaKorda – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (1-1) – H2H and prediction

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