Lorenzo Musetti bests Zizou Bergs 7-5 4-6 6-3 in the 1st round in Beijing on Friday. Musetti will face off with Bu Yunchaokete in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 11 minutes. This run will match his most significant achievement in this event. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Italian added to his prize money $ 25,390 after winning this match. He has already won $ 54,405 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Italian will add $ 47,520 to his earnings to get in total $ 101,925 in total.
Highlights Lorenzo Musetti vs. Zizou Bergs China Open – Beijing
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Italian scored 93 points vs. Zizou’s 81.
Musetti
Lorenzo served exceptionally well to win 76% of the points (42/55) behind his first serve, and he won 71% points (25/35) on his second serve. Musetti won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points after he converted only 33% (2/6) of the procured opportunities.
Bergs
On the other side, Zizou was struggling when converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Musetti and Bergs is 1-0 for Lorenzo.
Draw and next match H2H: Lorenzo Musetti vs. Bu Yunchaokete – stats
Musetti will fight against Yunchaokete in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Lorenzo Musetti and Bu Yunchaokete since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Lorenzo snatched in the 12th game (7-5) prior to ultimately winning the set (7-5).
Musetti failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 15.
Musetti was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 12th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Italian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 63 points. The Italian won 9 points more than Zizou (36-27). Lorenzo dropped 5 points on serve (28-5). Regarding the other side of the net, Zizou conceded 8 points on serve (22-8).
Similarly to the 1st set, there was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Belgian snatched in the 7th game (4-3) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-4).
The Belgian was spot on in converting all his break points in the 6th (3-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (6-3 40-A and 40-A). In addition on the other side, the Italian was perfect in converting all his break points in the 1st game (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 62 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Zizou won just 2 points more than Lorenzo (32-30). Zizou lost 9 points on serve (22-9). Regarding the other side of the net, Lorenzo conceded 10 points on serve (21-10).
Musetti had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Zizou Bergs in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That was decisive for the Italian to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
Musetti was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 30-40). On the other side, the Italian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 48 points. Musetti conquered the set after winning 6 points more than Bergs (27-21). Musetti conceded 7 points on serve (18-7). on the other side of the court, the Belgian conceded 9 points on serve (14-9).
Tennis Scores in Beijing
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Juncheng ShangShang (6-73 6-2 6-4)
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (6-3 6-4)
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Jakub MensikMensik (7-64 6-1)
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-3 4-6 6-3)
- Andrey RublevRublev – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (6-0 4-6 6-4)
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-3 6-4)
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-3 6-4)
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (6-4 6-4)
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-4 6-4)
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Zizou BergsBergs (7-5 4-6 6-3)
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Nicolas JarryJarry (4-6 6-3 6-1)
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (1-6 6-2 6-3)
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Alexander BublikBublik (4-6 6-1 7-64)
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-73 6-4 6-3)
- Pavel KotovKotov – Yi ZhouZhou (1-6 6-3 7-5)
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (7-64 6-2)
Upcoming matches
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- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (1-4) – H2H details and stats
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (0-3) – H2H details and stats
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