Jaume Antoni Munar Clar stuns Lorenzo Musetti 2-6 7-6(4) 7-5 in the quarter in Hong Kong on Friday. Antoni Munar Clar will clash against Alexandre Muller in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 36 minutes. This will be his best result in this event. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the qualifications in 2024. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Jaume added to his prize money $ 14,925 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 35,480 so far in this event. If he wins the next match, Jaume will add $ 24,870 to his earnings to get in total $ 60,350.
Highlights Jaume Antoni Munar Clar vs. Lorenzo Musetti Hong Kong Tennis Open – Hong Kong
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
The Spaniard won this match even if he scored less points than Lorenzo (101 vs. 103).
Antoni Munar Clar
Jaume won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points after he converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.
Musetti
On the other side, Lorenzo was struggling when converting his break points (only 36% – 4/11). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Antoni Munar Clar and Musetti is 4-1 for Jaume.
Draw and next match H2H: Jaume Antoni Munar Clar vs. Alexandre Muller – stats
Antoni Munar Clar will come up against Muller in the semifinal.
This will be the 5th time that Jaume Antoni Munar Clar and Alexandre Muller face off. The head to head is 3-1 for Antoni Munar Clar (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Antoni Munar Clar won 6-2 6-2 in the quarter in Lisbon Challenger back in 2020.
Live score progression and stats
Lorenzo in this set was more solid than Antoni Munar Clar and consequently he won 6-2 after breaking the Spaniard in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
An important stage of this set was when Musetti won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to convert the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1.
Musetti was on the money in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 0-40) and the 4th game (3-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Italian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 49 points. Musetti was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than Antoni Munar Clar (29-20). The Italian dropped 6 points on serve (18-6). In addition, on the other side, Jaume conceded 11 points on serve (14-11).
Antoni Munar Clar won the set after he broke the Italian .
Jaume was unable to convert any of the 4 conquered break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 14th game (7-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, Lorenzo was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 86 points. Jaume conquered the set after winning 6 more points than Lorenzo (46-40). Antoni Munar Clar dropped 9 points on serve (23-9). Regarding the other side of the net, Musetti conceded 23 points on serve (31-23).
Antoni Munar Clar won the set after he broke the Italian in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Lorenzo tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. Anyhow, Antoni Munar Clar refused to give way to win the set 7-5.
The Italian lost the 3rd game (2-1) when he had 3 consecutive game points when leading 40-0.
Jaume converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, the Italian converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 4th (1-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (5-6 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 69 points. This set was a huge battle since finally Jaume won only 1 point more than Musetti (35-34). Jaume lost 17 points on serve (23-17). In addition, on the other side, Musetti conceded 12 points on serve (17-12).
Tennis Scores in Hong Kong
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (2-6 7-64 7-5)
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-3 3-6 6-2)
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Arthur FilsFils (3-6 6-3 6-1)
- Juncheng ShangShang – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (1-6 6-3 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (0-0) – H2H details and stats