Tomas Machac surprises Lorenzo Musetti 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Marseille on Wednesday after playing an extraordinary match to square off with Hubert Hurkacz in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 23 minutes. This will be his best result in this competition. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Czech added to his prize money € 9,180 after winning this match. He has already won € 21,885 after this win. If he wins the next match, Machac will add € 15,880 to his earnings to get in total € 37,765 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:23
At the end of the match, Machac scored 63 points vs. Musetti’s 49.
Machac
Tomas was pretty focused in converting 80% of the break points that he procured (4/5).
Musetti
On the other side, the Italian was not so effective in converting his break points (only 17% – 1/6). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Machac and Musetti is 1-0 for Tomas.
Draw and next match H2H: Tomas Machac vs. Hubert Hurkacz – stats
Machac will fight against Hurkacz in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Tomas Machac and Hubert Hurkacz since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Tomas clinched in the 6th game (4-2) before finally winning the set (6-3).
The Czech converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (6-2 15-40). On the other side, Tomas didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 66 points. The Czech won 6 more points than the Italian (36-30). Machac dropped 13 points on serve (23-13). on the other side of the net, Lorenzo conceded 13 points on serve (17-13).
The Czech in this set played much better tennis than the Italian and without too much struggle he won 6-2 after breaking the Italian in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
Certainly, a key moment was when the Czech won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to bring the score from 1-1 to 5-1.
The Czech was unerring in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 4th game (3-1 15-40). On the other side, the Italian was unable to convert any of his 6 break points. He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (1-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (1-4 40-A).
They played 46 points. The Czech was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than Lorenzo (27-19). Machac lost 12 points on serve (18-12). In addition, on the other side, Lorenzo conceded 9 points on serve (7-9).
Tennis Scores in Marseille
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (6-3 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-1 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (7-5 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Tomas MachacMachac – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Hugo GastonGaston (2-6 6-1 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Tomas MachacMachac (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (0-2) – H2H details and stats
