Lorenzo Musetti hustles Alexander Zverev 2-6 7-6(5) 6-4 in the quarter in Vienna on Friday. Musetti is going to play against Jack Draper in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 37 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this event. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2021 and 2023. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Musetti added to his prize money € 64,790 after winning this match. He has already won € 132,470 until now in this competition. If he wins the next match, the Italian will add € 116,070 to his earnings to get in total € 248,540.
Highlights Lorenzo Musetti vs. Alexander Zverev Erste Bank Open – Vienna
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:37
The Italian won this match even if he scored less points than Zverev (96 vs. 104).
Musetti
Lorenzo won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points as he converted only 33% (3/9) of the procured opportunities.
Zverev
On the other side, Alexander was not so effective in converting his break points (only 33% – 4/12). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Musetti and Zverev is 2-1 for Lorenzo.
Draw and next match H2H: Lorenzo Musetti vs. Jack Draper – stats
Musetti will take on Draper in the semifinal.
This will be the 3rd time that Lorenzo Musetti and Jack Draper clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Draper (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on I.hard.
Live score progression and stats
Musetti had a racing start in this set after breaking Alexander Zverev in the 1st game (1-0). The German managed to boost his lead after breaking Lorenzo in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).
Musetti was completely outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-2 to 6-2.
Alexander was perfect in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (4-2 30-40) and the 9th game (6-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Italian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (2-3 30-40).
They played 60 points. Zverev conquered the set after winning 6 points more than the Italian (33-27). Zverev conceded 9 points on serve (18-9). On the losing side, Lorenzo conceded 15 points on serve (18-15).
Musetti was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Alexander Zverev in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, that was not enough for Lorenzo to win the set since the German managed to break back in the 7th (3-4) game.
Lorenzo converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 14th game (7-5 15-40). In addition on the other side, Alexander converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had his opportunities in the 7th (2-4 0-40), the 9th (4-4 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 87 points. It’s worth to point out that, Lorenzo won this set even if he scored less points 5 than Zverev (41-46). Musetti surrendered 15 points on serve (21-15). In addition, on the other side, Zverev conceded 20 points on serve (31-20).
Musetti had a great start in this set after breaking Alexander Zverev in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Lorenzo to win the set because Zverev managed to break back in the 4th (1-3) game.
The Italian converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Zverev was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (0-3 0-40).
They played 53 points. The contest during this set was so even that Musetti won just 1 point more than the German (27-26). The Italian dropped 10 points on serve (16-10). On the other side, Alexander conceded 11 points on serve (16-11).
Tennis Scores in Vienna
- Jack DraperDraper – Tomas MachacMachac (6-3 3-6 6-1)
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-1 6-4)
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Jakub MensikMensik (6-72 6-3 6-4)
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Alexander ZverevZverev (2-6 7-65 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Jack DraperDraper (0-2) – H2H details and stats
