Francisco Cerundolo survives Lorenzo Musetti 2-6 6-4 7-6(5) in the final in Umag on Saturday after conquering a huge battle. The epic lasted exactly 3 hours. He won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in his career.
Cerundolo added € 36,725 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned € 88,125 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Francisco Cerundolo vs. Lorenzo Musetti Plava Laguna Croatia Open – Umag
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
3h:00
The Argentine won this match even if he conquered the same amount of points of Musetti (112 vs. 112).
Cerundolo
The Argentine was sharp when converting 60% of the break points that he procured (3/5).
Musetti
On the other side, Musetti had a tough time converting his break points (only 36% – 4/11). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Cerundolo and Musetti is 1-2 for Lorenzo.
This was the 3rd career title for Cerundolo. He won the previous title in Umag. (see list of titles and finals). The Italian remains with 2nd titles after he conquered the tournament in Hamburg 2022 and in Naples 2022. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Musetti in this set played much better tennis than Cerundolo and eventually he won 6-2 after breaking Francisco in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Francisco was completely wiped out in the last 6 games of the set when the score went from 1-2 to 6-2.
The Italian was spot on in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-2 0-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40). On the other side, Musetti didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 58 points. Lorenzo won 10 more points than the Argentine (34-24). The Italian conceded 6 points on serve (16-6). on the other side of the net, the Argentine conceded 18 points on serve (18-18).
Cerundolo started the set strong after breaking Lorenzo Musetti in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, that was not enough for the Argentine to win the set because the Italian managed to break back in the 5th (2-3) game. Cerundolo maintained his cool to break the Italian in the 10th (6-4) game.
The Argentine failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 30.
Cerundolo converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (3-2 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40). Also, on the other side, the Italian converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 5th game (1-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 60 points. Francisco was the one to win the set after conquering 8 points more than the Italian (34-26). Francisco lost 8 points on serve (18-8). On the losing side, Lorenzo conceded 16 points on serve (18-16).
Francisco clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 9th (4-5) game, Francisco broke back in the 10th (5-5) game before bringing the set at the breaker that he won 7-5.
Tiebreak
Francisco won 4 minibreaks in the 3rd (1-2), 6th (3-3), 7th (4-3) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, the Italian won 2 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0) and 4th (3-1) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
They contested 108 points. It’s worth to point out that, Cerundolo won this set even if he scored less points 2 than the Italian (53-55). The Argentine dropped 29 points on serve (36-29). On the other side, Lorenzo conceded 17 points on serve (26-17).
