Dimitar Kuzmanov surprises Lorenzo Musetti 6-7(4) 7-6(3) 6-3 in the 1st round in Sofia on Tuesday. Kuzmanov will play against Alexander Bublik in the 2nd round. The epic lasted 3 hours and 4 minutes. This will be his best result in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 1st round in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.

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Kuzmanov's Record

Dimitar added to his prize money € 3,585 after conquering this match. He has won already € 9,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Kuzmanov will add € 5,000 to his earnings to get in total € 14,000 in total.

Highlights Dimitar Kuzmanov vs. Lorenzo Musetti Sofia Open – Sofia

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kuzmanov
Musetti
6-74 7-63 6-3
3h:04
122
122
Total points
113
113
62
62
Winners
53
53
51%
51%
Ratio Winners
47%
47%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
4
4
7
7
Double Faults
5
5
68%
68%
1st in
64%
64%
72%
72%
1st won
77%
77%
62/86
62/86
1st won
53/69
53/69
51%
51%
2nd won
41%
41%
21/41
21/41
2nd won
16/39
16/39
-- Break Points --
3/6
3/6
Total
2/19
2/19
50%
50%
Won
11%
11%
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At the end of the match, Kuzmanov scored 122 points vs. Musetti’s 113.

Kuzmanov

Kuzmanov was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured (3/6).

Musetti

On the other side, Lorenzo was struggling when converting his break points (only 11% – 2/19). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Dimitar Kuzmanov vs. Alexander Bublik – stats

Kuzmanov will fight against Bublik in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Dimitar Kuzmanov and Alexander Bublik since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

Kuzmanov had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Lorenzo Musetti in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. However, Lorenzo refused to bow to come back to break the Bulgarian in the 5th (2-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 4.

The Italian failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 30.

Musetti missed the chance to break Kuzmanov in the 3rd game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Tiebreak

Musetti won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (4-0), 8th (6-2) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Kuzmanov won 2 minibreaks in the 6th (1-5) and 10th (4-6) point.

Musetti won the tiebreak 7-4 after he conquered a decisive 4-0 lead.

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

Lorenzo converted 16% of his break points (2/12). He had 12 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (0-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (1-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (3-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40). Also, on the other side, Kuzmanov converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had his opportunities in the 2nd

(1-0 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 90 points. Lorenzo was the one to win the set after conquering 8 points more than Kuzmanov (49-41). Lorenzo lost 14 points on serve (26-14). on the other side of the court, Dimitar conceded 23 points on serve (27-23).

Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Finally, Kuzmanov won the tiebreak at 7-3.

Tiebreak

The Bulgarian won 3 minibreaks in the 6th (4-2), 7th (5-2) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Musetti won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd

(2-0) and 8th (3-5) point.

The Bulgarian won the tiebreak 7-3 after he conquered a decisive 5-3 lead.

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

They contested 97 points. Kuzmanov conquered the set after winning 7 points more than Musetti (52-45). Kuzmanov surrendered 18 points on serve (34-18). Regarding the other side of the net, Musetti conceded 18 points on serve (27-18).

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Kuzmanov conquered in the 6th game (4-2) before ultimately winning the set (6-3).

They played 45 points. Kuzmanov was the one to win the set after conquering 17 points more than the Italian (31-14). The Bulgarian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (20-2). on the other side of the net, Lorenzo conceded 11 points on serve (12-11).

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