Lorenzo Musetti beats Arthur Rinderknech 6-3 6-3 in the quarter in Chengdu on Sunday. Musetti will fight against Roman Safiullin in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 27 minutes.
Musetti added to his prize money $ 25,290 after winning this match. He has already won $ 60,130 till now in this tournament. If he wins the next match, Musetti will add $ 42,155 to his earnings to get in total $ 102,285.
Highlights Lorenzo Musetti vs. Arthur Rinderknech Chengdu Open – Chengdu
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:27
At the end of the match, the Italian scored 63 points vs. Arthur’s 48.
Musetti
The Italian served very well to win 80% of the points (24/30) behind his first serve, and he won 67% points (14/21) on his second serve. Musetti won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points after he converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.
Rinderknech
On the other side, Rinderknech wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Musetti and Rinderknech is 1-0 for Lorenzo.
Draw and next match H2H: Lorenzo Musetti vs. Roman Safiullin – stats
Musetti will face Safiullin in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Lorenzo Musetti and Roman Safiullin fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Safiullin (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Musetti grabbed in the 4th game (3-1) before eventually conquering the set (6-3).
Musetti converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (6-2 30-40). On the other side, Musetti didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 59 points. The Italian won 9 more points than the French player (34-25). The Italian lost 9 points on serve (22-9). On the other side, Arthur conceded 12 points on serve (16-12).
Musetti got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Arthur Rinderknech in the 2nd game (2-0). That break was sufficient for the Italian to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks.
Lorenzo converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 7th (4-2 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Musetti didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 50 points. Lorenzo was the winner of the set after clinching 10 more points than Arthur (30-20). The Italian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). On the losing side, Rinderknech conceded 14 points on serve (16-14).
Tennis Scores in Chengdu
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (5-7 7-5 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Jordan ThompsonThompson (7-61 ret.) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-1) – H2H details and stats
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (0-0) – H2H details and stats
