Lorenzo Musetti wins against Frances Tiafoe 5-7 6-4 6-3 in the 3rd round in Rome on Tuesday. Musetti will square off with Stefanos Tsitsipas in the 4th round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 36 minutes. This will be his best result in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do was reach the 3rd round in 2020. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Musetti added to his prize money € 36,065 after winning this match. He has already won € 84,900 after this win. If he wins the next match, Musetti will add € 76,625 to his earnings to get in total € 161,525 in total.
Highlights Lorenzo Musetti vs. Frances Tiafoe Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:36
At the end of the match, Musetti scored 114 points vs. the American’s 101.
Musetti
Musetti won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points after he converted only 45% (5/11) of the procured opportunities.
Tiafoe
On the other side, the American had some problems converting his break points (only 25% – 3/12). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Musetti and Tiafoe is 3-2 for Lorenzo.
Draw and next match H2H: Lorenzo Musetti vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas – stats
Musetti will compete against Tsitsipas in the 4th round.
This will be the 5th time that Lorenzo Musetti and Stefanos Tsitsipas square off. The head to head is 4-0 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Tsitsipas won 6-4 5-7 6-3 in the semifinal in Barcelona back in April 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Frances won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Tiafoe broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 12th game to conquer the set 7-5.
Frances failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 40.
Frances was flawless in converting all his break points in the 4th (1-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (2-3 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Musetti was spot on in converting all his break points in the 3rd game (1-1 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 99 points. The American was the one to win the set after conquering 9 points more than the Italian (54-45). The American surrendered 21 points on serve (35-21). Regarding the other side of the net, Musetti conceded 19 points on serve (24-19).
The Italian won the set after he broke Tiafoe in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game. Tiafoe tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (5-3) game. Anyhow, Musetti didn’t lose the lead to win the set 6-4.
Lorenzo failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 30.
Musetti was perfect in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 15-40), the 6th (4-2 30-40) and the 11th game (6-3 15-40). On the other side, the American converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had his opportunities in the 4th (1-2 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (2-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 73 points. The Italian was the winner of the set after clinching 11 more points than the American (42-31). Musetti dropped 19 points on serve (26-19). On the losing side, the American conceded 16 points on serve (12-16).
Musetti didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Frances Tiafoe in the 2nd game (2-0). Lorenzo to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
The Italian missed the chance to break the American in the 7th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Lorenzo converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 7th (4-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Musetti didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 41 points. Lorenzo was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than Frances (24-17). Musetti was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (16-2). Regarding the other side of the net, Tiafoe conceded 8 points on serve (15-8).
Tennis Scores in Rome
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-3 7-63) – Stats and score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (5-7 6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Jeff WolfWolf (6-4 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (6-4 4-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (7-68 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz (6-3 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (3-6 6-1 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Borna CoricCoric – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (7-63 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Holger RuneRune – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-3 4-6 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-3 6-74 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (6-2 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-70 6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Alexander BublikBublik (6-1 4-6 7-60) – Stats and score progression
- Laslo DjereDjere – Cristian GarinGarin (6-3 2-1 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (7-5 7-5) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (6-8) – H2H details and stats
- Borna CoricCoric – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Andrey RublevRublev – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (4-0) – H2H details and stats
- Casper RuudRuud – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (1-2) – H2H details and stats
