Corentin Moutet upsets Roman Safiullin 3-6 7-6(1) 6-2 in the 1st round in Rome on Thursday. Moutet will play against Novak Djokovic in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 33 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this tournament. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.

Rome
Moutet's Record

The French player added to his prize money € 9,895 after winning this match. He has already won € 30,255 after this win. If he wins the next match, the French player will add € 21,410 to his earnings to get in total € 51,665 in total.

Highlights Corentin Moutet vs. Roman Safiullin Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Moutet
Safiullin
3-6 7-61 6-2
2h:33
97
97
Total points
91
91
41
41
Winners
42
42
42%
42%
Ratio Winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
3
3
4
4
Double Faults
4
4
58%
58%
1st in
65%
65%
79%
79%
1st won
66%
66%
41/52
41/52
1st won
42/64
42/64
46%
46%
2nd won
51%
51%
17/37
17/37
2nd won
18/35
18/35
-- Break Points --
4/9
4/9
Total
3/8
3/8
44%
44%
Won
38%
38%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, the French player scored 97 points vs. Safiullin’s 91.

Moutet

Corentin served exceptionally well to win 79% of the points (41/52) behind his first serve. Anyhow he won only 46% points (17/37) on his second serve. Corentin won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points as he converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.

Safiullin

On the other side, Roman was struggling when converting his break points (only 38% – 3/8). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this contest, the head to head between Moutet and Safiullin is 2-1 for Corentin.

Draw and next match H2H: Corentin Moutet vs. Novak Djokovic – stats

Moutet will square off with Djokovic in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Corentin Moutet and Novak Djokovic square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Djokovic won 7-62 6-4 in the 2nd round in Paris back in 2019.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Safiullin 6-3
SafiullinMoutet
6
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
SafiullinMoutet
6
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
SafiullinMoutet
5
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
SafiullinMoutet
4
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
SafiullinMoutet
3
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
SafiullinMoutet
2
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
SafiullinMoutet
2
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
SafiullinMoutet
1
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
SafiullinMoutet
1
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
SafiullinMoutet
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0

The Russian won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 5th (2-3) game, The Russian broke back 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (5-3) game to win the set 6-3.

The French player lost the 4th game (2-2) when he had 3 consecutive game points when leading 40-0. Moutet was dominated in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 2-3 to 6-3.

The Russian was perfect in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-2 40-A), the 5th (2-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Corentin was unerring in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 5th game (2-2 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 56 points. The Russian was the winner of the set after clinching 6 more points than Moutet (31-25). Safiullin surrendered 10 points on serve (16-10). On the other side, the French player conceded 15 points on serve (15-15).

2nd Set -
Moutet 7-6
MoutetSafiullin
7
6
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
MoutetSafiullin
7
6
1
0
2
0
3
0
4
0
5
0
6
0
6
1
MoutetSafiullin
6
6
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
MoutetSafiullin
6
5
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
MoutetSafiullin
5
5
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
MoutetSafiullin
5
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
MoutetSafiullin
4
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
MoutetSafiullin
4
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
MoutetSafiullin
3
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
MoutetSafiullin
3
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
MoutetSafiullin
2
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
MoutetSafiullin
2
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
MoutetSafiullin
1
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A

Moutet won the set after he broke the Russian .

The French player was unable to convert any of the 4 conquered break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 14th game (7-5 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Corentin didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 82 points. The French player conquered the set after winning 6 more points than the Russian (44-38). Moutet surrendered 7 points on serve (20-7). On the other side, Roman conceded 24 points on serve (31-24).

3rd Set -
Moutet 6-2
MoutetSafiullin
6
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
MoutetSafiullin
5
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
MoutetSafiullin
5
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
MoutetSafiullin
4
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
MoutetSafiullin
4
0
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
MoutetSafiullin
3
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
MoutetSafiullin
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
0

Moutet enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Roman Safiullin in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. That break was the key and it was sufficient for Moutet to win the set (6-2

) as no one dropped a serve anymore.

Corentin converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (2-0 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Roman was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (0-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (1-4 30-40).

They contested 50 points. Corentin conquered the set after winning 6 more points than Roman (28-22). Moutet conceded 9 points on serve (19-9). On the other side, Safiullin conceded 9 points on serve (13-9).

1st
Moutet
Safiullin
3-6
3
6
3
5
3
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
1
2nd
Moutet
Safiullin
7-6
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
3rd
Moutet
Safiullin
6-2
6
2
5
2
5
1
4
1
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0

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