Lorenzo Musetti tops Jordan Thompson 6-3 3-6 6-3 in the semifinal in London on Saturday. Musetti will face Tommy Paul in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 18 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the quarter in 2023. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Lorenzo added to his prize money € 105,985 after winning this match. He has already won € 226,945 after this win. If he wins the next match, Musetti will add € 194,845 to his earnings to get in total € 421,790 in total.
Highlights Lorenzo Musetti vs. Jordan Thompson cinch Championships – London
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Musetti scored 93 points vs. the Australian’s 83.
Musetti
Lorenzo served extremely well to win 75% of the points (45/60) behind his first serve, and he won 52% points (14/27) on his second serve. Lorenzo won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points as he converted only 27% (3/11) of the procured opportunities.
Thompson
On the other side, Jordan was battling in converting his break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Musetti and Thompson is 2-0 for Lorenzo.
Draw and next match H2H: Lorenzo Musetti vs. Tommy Paul – stats
Musetti will play Paul in the final.
There is no head to head record between Lorenzo Musetti and Tommy Paul since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Musetti was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Jordan Thompson in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That 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 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Thompson was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 7th game (2-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 59 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Musetti won just 3 more points than Thompson (31-28). Lorenzo lost 8 points on serve (21-8). on the other side of the court, Thompson conceded 10 points on serve (20-10).
Musetti started the set strong after breaking Jordan Thompson in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Nonetheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Thompson to win the set because the Italian succeeded in breaking back in the 7th (2-5) game.
A defining moment of this set was when the Australian won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the score from 0-0 to 5-0.
Thompson was unerring in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 4th game (3-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Italian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th game (1-5 30-40).
They played 57 points. This set was a huge battle since finally Thompson won only 1 point more than Musetti (29-28). Jordan dropped 8 points on serve (14-8). In addition, on the other side, Lorenzo conceded 15 points on serve (20-15).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Lorenzo clinched in the 8th game (5-3) prior to finally winning the set (6-3).
Lorenzo converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Musetti didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 60 points. Musetti was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than the Australian (34-26). Lorenzo surrendered 5 points on serve (18-5). on the other side of the court, Thompson conceded 16 points on serve (21-16).
Tennis Scores in London
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-3 3-6 6-3)
- Tommy PaulPaul – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-4 7-62)
Upcoming matches
- Tommy PaulPaul – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (0-0) – H2H details and stats