FANTASTICO! Lorenzo Musetti upsets Dimitrov to play Tsitsipas in the semifinal. HIGHLIGHTS – ACAPULCO RESULTS

ABIERTO MEXICANO TELCEL - ACAPULCO DRAW AND RESULTS. Musetti stuns Dimitrov to come up against Stefanos Tsitsipas in the semifinal

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Lorenzo Musetti vs. Grigor Dimitrov

Lorenzo Musetti stuns Grigor Dimitrov 6-4 7-6(3) in the quarter in Acapulco on Thursday. Musetti will play Stefanos Tsitsipas in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 8 minutes and it took 7 match points for Lorenzo to seal the deal.

Musetti
Acapulco
Musetti's Record

Musetti added to his prize money $ 14,950 after winning this match. He has won already $ 46,830 up to now in the tournament. If he wins the next match, Lorenzo will add $ 19,930 to his earnings to get in total $ 66,760.

Musetti was delighted about the outcome of the match. He commented:

“It’s incredible really. I didn’t expect this. Today I think I played the best match in my life. Grigor is an incredible opponent, a great fighter. Even today, I had a lot of match points and was really difficult for my coach.”

Highlights Lorenzo Musetti vs. Grigor Dimitrov Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Acapulco

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Musetti
Dimitrov
Lorenzo Musetti
6-4 7-63
2h:08
Grigor Dimitrov
89
89
Total points
80
80
34
34
Winners
37
37
38%
38%
Ratio Winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
0
0
2
2
Double Faults
6
6
59%
59%
1st in
62%
62%
77%
77%
1st won
63%
63%
34/44
34/44
1st won
37/59
37/59
40%
40%
2nd won
42%
42%
12/30
12/30
2nd won
15/36
15/36
-- Break Points --
3/14
3/14
Total
2/4
2/4
21%
21%
Won
50%
50%
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At the end of the match, the Italian scored 89 points vs. Grigor’s 80.

Musetti

Musetti served exceptionally well to win 77% of the points (34/44) behind his first serve. Notwithstanding he won only 40% points (12/30) on his second serve. Lorenzo won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points since he converted only 21% (3/14) of the procured opportunities.

Dimitrov

On the other side, Dimitrov didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (2/4). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this match, the head to head between Musetti and Dimitrov is 1-0 for Lorenzo.

Draw and next match H2H: Lorenzo Musetti vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas – stats

Musetti will square off with Tsitsipas in the semifinal.

There is no head to head record between Lorenzo Musetti and Stefanos Tsitsipas since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Lorenzo Musetti Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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Lorenzo won the set after he broke Dimitrov in the 4th (3-1) and in the 10th (6-4) game. The Bulgarian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. However, Musetti didn’t blink to win the set 6-4.

The Italian missed the opportunity to break Dimitrov in the 2nd game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

The Italian converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Grigor converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 5th (1-3 30-40) and the 6th game (2-4 15-40).

They played 72 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Italian won just 2 more points than the Bulgarian (37-35). The Italian conceded 14 points on serve (20-14). Regarding the other side of the net, Grigor conceded 17 points on serve (21-17).

2nd Set -
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Lorenzo won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 5th (2-3) game, Musetti broke back in the 6th (3-3) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that he won 7-3.

Lorenzo was unable to break Grigor in the 10th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Tiebreak

The Italian won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 6th (4-2), 7th (5-2) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Dimitrov won 2 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0) and 9th (3-6) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 6-3, 7-3

Lorenzo converted 14% of his break points (1/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A), the 6th (2-3 40-A), the 10th (5-4 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 40-A). On the other side, Dimitrov was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (2-2 40-A).

They played 97 points. Musetti conquered the set after winning 5 more points than the Bulgarian (51-46). Musetti dropped 15 points on serve (26-15). On the other side, Dimitrov conceded 25 points on serve (31-25).

 

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