Lorenzo Musetti stuns Benoit Paire 6-3 6-3 in the 2nd round in Miami on Saturday. Musetti will seek to keep on going in this event against Marin Cilic in the 3rd round. The match lasted exactly 1 hour. Ther Frenchman was as distracted as in his previous matches in 2021, but Musetti was great n keeping the focus on the match.

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Musetti's Record

The Italian added to his prize money $ 10,000 after winning this match. He has won already $ 26,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Musetti will add $ 14,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 40,000 in total.

Musetti was delighted about the outcome. He commented:

“I wasn’t feeling very comfortable in the first set and I was making a lot of unforced errors. But slowly in the second I was starting to feel a bit better. Of course, it’s one of the biggest wins in my career so it feels good.”

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Musetti
Paire
6-3 6-3
1h:00
60
60
Total points
43
43
29
29
Winners
18
18
48%
48%
Ratio Winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
7
7
1
1
Double Faults
5
5
73%
73%
1st in
49%
49%
76%
76%
1st won
72%
72%
29/38
29/38
1st won
18/25
18/25
50%
50%
2nd won
35%
35%
7/14
7/14
2nd won
9/26
9/26
-- Break Points --
4/6
4/6
Total
1/5
1/5
67%
67%
Won
20%
20%
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At the end of the match, Lorenzo scored 60 points vs. Paire’s 43.

Musetti

The Italian served very well to win 76% of the points (29/38) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (7/14) on his second serve. Musetti didn’t lose the focus when converting 67% of the break points that he conquered (4/6).

Paire

On the other side, Paire had some problems converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Lorenzo Musetti vs. Marin Cilic – stats

Musetti will fight against Cilic in the 3rd round.

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

Live score progression and stats

Cilic had a strong start of this set after breaking Musetti in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, the Italian found the way to come back to break Benoit in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).

The French player lost the 8th game (5-3) when he was serving and leading 40-0.

They played 54 points. Musetti won 6 more points than Benoit (30-24). The Italian dropped 11 points on serve (21-11). on the other side of the net, Paire conceded 9 points on serve (13-9).

Lorenzo won the set after he broke the French player in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game.

Lorenzo converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Lorenzo didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 47 points. The Italian was the winner of the set after clinching 13 points more than Paire (30-17). Musetti was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). On the losing side, Benoit conceded 14 points on serve (13-14).

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