Lorenzo Musetti ousts Novak Djokovic 4-6 7-5 6-4 in the 3rd round in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters on Thursday. Musetti will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Jannik Sinner in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 54 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this event. Previously, the best he could do was reach the 3rd round in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
Lorenzo added to his prize money € 67,620 after winning this match. He has already won € 145,380 after this win. If he wins the next match, Lorenzo will add € 121,150 to his earnings to get in total € 266,530 in total.
Highlights Lorenzo Musetti vs. Novak Djokovic Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters – Monte-Carlo
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Musetti scored 101 points vs. the Serbian’s 96.
Musetti
Musetti didn’t lose the focus when converting 57% of the break points that he procured (8/14).
Djokovic
On the other side, Novak was sharp when converting 54% of the break points that he procured points (7/13). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Musetti and Djokovic is 1-3 for Novak.
Draw and next match H2H: Lorenzo Musetti vs. Jannik Sinner – stats
Musetti will come up against Sinner in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Lorenzo Musetti and Jannik Sinner face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Sinner (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
Live score progression and stats
The Serbian won the set after he broke Lorenzo 3 times in the 4th (3-1), in the 6th (4-2) and in the 10th (6-4) game. Lorenzo tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game. Nonetheless, the Serbian kept the situation under control to conquer the set 6-4.
Novak failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 40.
The Serbian was spot on in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 6th (3-2 15-40), the 8th (5-2 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Musetti was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 5th (1-3 15-40 and 30-40), the 9th (3-5 40-A) and the 11th game (3-6 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 71 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Novak won just 3 points more than the Italian (37-34). Djokovic dropped 18 points on serve (20-18). On the other side, Musetti conceded 17 points on serve (16-17).
The Italian won the set after he broke the Serbian 4 times in the 3rd
(2-1), in the 7th (3-4), in the 9th (5-4) and in the 11th (6-5) game. The Serbian tried to stage a comeback breaking 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (2-4) and in the 10th (5-5) game. Notwithstanding, Lorenzo kept the focus to win the set 7-5.Musetti failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 30.
The Italian converted 66% of his break points (4/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th
(2-4 0-40 and 15-40), the 8th (4-4 30-40) and the 10th game (5-5 0-40). In addition on the other side, Djokovic converted 60% of his break points (3/5). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (1-2 30-40), the 6th (3-2 15-40) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40).They played 73 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Italian won just 3 points more than Novak (38-35). Lorenzo lost 19 points on serve (17-19). On the other side, Djokovic conceded 21 points on serve (16-21).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Lorenzo snatched in the 7th game (4-3) before finally winning the set (6-4).
Musetti converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th game (3-3 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Djokovic wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 10th game (4-5 40-A).
They played 53 points. The Italian won 5 points more than Novak (29-24). The Italian lost 11 points on serve (23-11). on the other side of the net, Novak conceded 6 points on serve (13-6).
Tennis Scores in Monte Carlo Rolex Masters
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- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Casper RuudRuud (6-1 7-66) – Stats and score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (7-64 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Taylor FritzFritz – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (4-6 6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Holger RuneRune – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (w/o) – Stats and score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (4-6 7-5 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (3-6 7-66 6-1) – Stats and score progression
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