Stefanos Tsitsipas breezes past Lorenzo Musetti 6-1 6-3 in the semifinal in Acapulco on Friday after playing a fantastic match to come up against Alexander Zverev in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 19 minutes.
Stefanos added to his prize money $ 19,930 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 66,760 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Greek will add $ 22,180 to his earnings to get in total $ 88,940 in total.
Tsitsipas was pleased about the outcome of the contest. He commented:
“Matches like this are really important and I’m happy to be playing well. Acapulco has been treating me really well and the fans have been giving me love and support. We’ll definitely see a lot from Lorenzo in the future, he has a wonderful one-handed backhand and creates lots of opportunities. He showed his level this week.”
Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Lorenzo Musetti Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Acapulco
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:19
At the end of the match, Stefanos scored 61 points vs. Lorenzo’s 44.
Tsitsipas
Stefanos served exceptionally well to win 85% of the points (22/26) behind his first serve, and he won 52% points (12/23) on his second serve. The Greek was pretty good at converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (4/8).
Musetti
On the other side, Lorenzo wasn’t able to conquer any break point. However, Tsitsipas was just to good and Musetti had no opportunity to win this match.
After this match, the head to head between Tsitsipas and Musetti is 1-0 for Stefanos.
Draw and next match H2H: Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Alexander Zverev – stats
Tsitsipas will face Zverev in the final.
This will be the 7th time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Alexander Zverev fight against each other. The head to head is 5-1 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Tsitsipas won 7-66 6-4 in the semifinal in Beijing back in 2019.
Live score progression and stats
Tsitsipas was far too good to concede just 1 game before breaking the Italian 2 times and win the set 6-1.
Musetti was not able to offer any resistance in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Stefanos converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 40-A). On the other side, Stefanos didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 43 points. The Greek was the winner of the set after clinching 11 more points than the Italian (27-16). Stefanos dropped 6 points on serve (15-6). on the other side of the net, Lorenzo conceded 12 points on serve (10-12).
The Greek won the set after he broke Lorenzo in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
The Italian was completely outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-3 to 6-3.
They played 61 points. The Greek conquered the set after winning 7 more points than Musetti (34-27). The Greek lost 9 points on serve (18-9). Regarding the other side of the net, Musetti conceded 16 points on serve (18-16).
Tennis Scores in Acapulco
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-1 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (6-4 7-65) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Alexander ZverevZverev (5-1) – H2H details and stats
