Staunch Lorenzo Musetti survives Arnaldi in the 2nd round to battle vs Misolic. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – BASTAD RESULTS

Lorenzo Musetti survives Matteo Arnaldi 6-3 4-6 7-6(6) in the 2^nd round in Bastad on Wednesday after conquering a huge battle in what was an all-Italian match. Musetti will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Filip Misolic in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 35 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do was reach the 1^st round in 2021 and 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.

Bastad

Musetti's Record

Lorenzo added to his prize money € 7,130 after conquering this match. He has already won € 17,010 after this win. If he wins the next match, Musetti will add € 12,345 to his earnings to get in total € 29,355 in total.

Highlights Lorenzo Musetti vs. Matteo Arnaldi Nordea Open – Bastad

Musetti’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Musetti

Arnaldi

6-3 4-6 7-6⁶
2h:35

103

103

Total points

96

96

38

38

Winners

43

43

37%

37%

Ratio Winners

45%

45%

-- Serve --

6

6

Aces

5

5

2

2

Double Faults

6

6

56%

56%

1st in

61%

61%

78%

78%

1st won

63%

63%

38/49

38/49

1st won

43/68

43/68

47%

47%

2nd won

50%

50%

18/38

18/38

2nd won

22/44

22/44

-- Break Points --

4/12

4/12

Total

3/4

3/4

33%

33%

Won

75%

75%

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At the end of the match, Lorenzo scored 103 points vs. Arnaldi’s 96.

Musetti

Lorenzo served pretty well to win 78% of the points (38/49) behind his first serve. Nonetheless he won only 47% points (18/38) on his second serve. Musetti won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points as he converted only 33% (4/12) of the procured opportunities.

Arnaldi

On the other side, Arnaldi was sharp when converting 75% of the break points that he procured points (3/4). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.

After this encounter, the head to head between Musetti and Arnaldi is 3-0 for Lorenzo.

Draw and next match H2H: Lorenzo Musetti vs. Filip Misolic – stats

Musetti will face Misolic in the quarter.

There is no head to head record between Lorenzo Musetti and Filip Misolic since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

Lorenzo won the set after he broke Arnaldi in the 7^th (4-3) and in the 9^th (6-3) game.

Lorenzo failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 40.

Arnaldi was outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 2-3 to 6-3.

Musetti converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 7^th (3-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9^th game (5-3 0-40). On the other side, Matteo wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 10^th game (2-6 40-A).

They played 63 points. Lorenzo was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than Arnaldi (36-27). Musetti surrendered 9 points on serve (19-9). Regarding the other side of the net, Matteo conceded 17 points on serve (18-17).

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Matteo grabbed in the 3^rd game (2-1) before ultimately winning the set (6-4).

Matteo was spot on in converting all his break points in the 3^rd (1-1 0-40) and the 9^th game (5-3 30-40). Also, on the other side, Lorenzo was on the money in converting all his break points in the 1^st game (0-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They played 57 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Matteo won just 3 more points than Musetti (30-27). Matteo surrendered 10 points on serve (20-10). on the other side of the net, Musetti conceded 10 points on serve (17-10).

Musetti took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Matteo Arnaldi in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, there was more to do for Lorenzo to win the set as Matteo succeeded in breaking back in the 7^th (3-4) game. Musetti maintained his focus before winning the set at the breaker at 6.

Tiebreak

Lorenzo won 4 minibreaks in the 2^nd (2-0), 7^th (4-3), 10^th (6-4) and 14^th (8-6) point. On the other side, Matteo won 3 minibreaks in the 5^th (2-3), 9^th (4-5) and 12^th (6-6) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6

Lorenzo converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 0-40) and the 10^th game (5-4 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Matteo was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7^th game (2-4 0-40).

They contested 79 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally Musetti won just 1 point more than Matteo (40-39). Lorenzo lost 12 points on serve (21-12). On the losing side, Matteo conceded 19 points on serve (27-19).

Tennis Scores in Bastad

• Filip MisolicMisolic – Jozef KovalikKovalik (4-6 7-6⁶ 6-4) – Stats and score progression
• Federico CoriaCoria – Leo BorgBorg (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-3 4-6 7-6⁶) – Stats and score progression
• Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Luca Van AsscheVan Assche (6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression

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