Lorenzo Musetti overcomes Denis Shapovalov 7-6(3) 7-6(6) 6-2 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Thursday. Musetti is going to play against Ben Shelton in the 3rd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 42 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Musetti added to his prize money $ 90,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 290,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Italian will add $ 130,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 420,000 in total.
Highlights Lorenzo Musetti vs. Denis Shapovalov Australian Open – Melbourne
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:42
At the end of the match, Lorenzo scored 123 points vs. the Canadian’s 100.
Musetti
Musetti served pretty well to win 76% of the points (58/76) behind his first serve, and he won 54% points (19/35) on his second serve. Lorenzo won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points since he converted only 27% (3/11) of the procured opportunities.
Shapovalov
On the other side, the Canadian wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Musetti and Shapovalov is 2-0 for Lorenzo.
Draw and next match H2H: Lorenzo Musetti vs. Ben Shelton – stats
Musetti will face Shelton in the 3rd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Lorenzo Musetti and Ben Shelton fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Musetti (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Musetti started the set in the best possible way after breaking Denis Shapovalov in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, Lorenzo managed to stage a good comeback to break Denis in the 5th (2-3) game before winning the set (7-6).
Musetti converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (1-3 40-A), the 5th (1-3 0-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Denis was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 2nd game (3-1 30-40).
They contested 93 points. The Italian was the winner of the set after clinching 11 more points than the Canadian (52-41). Lorenzo surrendered 16 points on serve (35-16). on the other side of the court, the Canadian conceded 17 points on serve (25-17).
Musetti won the set after he broke Shapovalov .
The Italian was unable to convert any of the 4 conquered break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 14th game (7-5 0-40 and 15-40). In addition on the other side, Denis was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (2-2 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 84 points. It’s worth to point out that, Lorenzo won this set even if he scored less points 2 than Denis (41-43). The Italian surrendered 10 points on serve (22-10). On the losing side, Shapovalov conceded 19 points on serve (33-19).
Musetti had a strong start of this set after breaking Denis Shapovalov in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. That break defined the set and it was sufficient for Musetti to win the set (6-2) as there were no other breaks.
Musetti converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 15-40) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40). On the other side, the Canadian was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th game (1-4 40-A and 40-A).
They played 44 points. Musetti was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than Denis (27-17). Musetti surrendered 7 points on serve (19-7). On the losing side, Shapovalov conceded 8 points on serve (10-8).
Tennis Scores at the Australian Open
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (7-5 6-3 7-63)
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (7-63 7-66 6-2)
- Holger RuneRune – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (7-63 2-6 6-3 7-66)
- Ben SheltonShelton – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (6-3 6-3 6-74 6-4)
- Taylor FritzFritz – Cristian GarinGarin (6-2 6-1 6-0)
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-4 6-4 6-2)
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (4-6 6-4 6-1 6-3)
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – James McCabeMcCabe (7-5 6-3 7-64)
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (6-2 1-0 ret.)
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Joao FonsecaFonseca (6-76 6-3 6-1 3-6 6-3)
- Marcos GironGiron – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (7-5 3-6 7-5 3-6 6-4)
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-73 6-4 3-6 6-4 6-1)
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (4-6 6-4 7-63 6-4)
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Gabriel DialloDiallo (7-64 4-6 6-3 6-3)
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Tristan BoyerBoyer (6-2 6-4 6-3)
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-1 6-4 6-1)
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Jaime FariaFaria (6-1 6-74 6-3 6-2)
- Tommy PaulPaul – Kei NishikoriNishikori (6-73 6-0 6-3 6-1)
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (6-77 6-75 6-4 6-1 6-3)
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-3 6-2 6-4)
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Hugo GastonGaston (6-3 3-1 ret.)
- Tomas MachacMachac – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (3-6 7-61 6-75 7-64 6-4)
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-4 3-6 2-6 6-3 7-5)
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-4 6-2 7-5)
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Hady HabibHabib (6-3 6-4 6-4)
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Francesco PassaroPassaro (6-2 6-4 3-6 6-4)
- Arthur FilsFils – Quentin HalysHalys (6-2 4-6 7-62 7-5)
- Jakub MensikMensik – Casper RuudRuud (6-2 3-6 6-1 6-4)
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-0 6-1 6-4)
- Jacob FearnleyFearnley – Arthur CazauxCazaux (3-6 7-5 6-2 6-3)
- Jack DraperDraper – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (6-73 6-3 3-6 7-5 6-3)
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- Ugo HumbertHumbert – (3-1) – H2H details and stats
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