Lorenzo Musetti soars past Virtanen in the 2nd round at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia – ROME RESULTS. HIGHLIGHTS

INTERNAZIONALI BNL D'ITALIA - ROME DRAW AND RESULTS. Musetti breezes past Virtanen

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Luke Meyer
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Lorenzo Musetti demolishes Otto Virtanen 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Rome on Friday after playing a tremendous match to square off with Brandon Nakashima in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes. His best result in this tournament was reaching the 4th round in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.

Musetti
Rome
Musetti's Record

The Italian added to his prize money € 22,030 after conquering this match. He has already won € 52,925 after this win. If he wins the next match, Lorenzo will add € 37,520 to his earnings to get in total € 90,445 in total.

Highlights Lorenzo Musetti vs. Otto Virtanen Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Musetti
Virtanen
Lorenzo Musetti
6-3 6-2
1h:25
Otto Virtanen
69
69
Total points
49
49
30
30
Winners
25
25
43%
43%
Ratio Winners
51%
51%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
1
1
1
1
Double Faults
1
1
70%
70%
1st in
58%
58%
81%
81%
1st won
66%
66%
30/37
30/37
1st won
25/38
25/38
56%
56%
2nd won
37%
37%
9/16
9/16
2nd won
10/27
10/27
-- Break Points --
3/9
3/9
Total
0/0
0/0
33%
33%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Lorenzo scored 69 points vs. the Finn’s 49.

Musetti

The Italian served very well to win 81% of the points (30/37) behind his first serve, and he won 56% points (9/16) on his second serve. Lorenzo won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points as he converted only 33% (3/9) of the procured opportunities.

Virtanen

On the other side, Otto wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Musetti and Virtanen is 1-0 for Lorenzo.

Draw and next match H2H: Lorenzo Musetti vs. Brandon Nakashima – stats

Musetti will square off with Nakashima in the 3rd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Lorenzo Musetti and Brandon Nakashima fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Musetti and Nakashima (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Musetti 6-3
MusettiVirtanen
6
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
MusettiVirtanen
6
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
MusettiVirtanen
5
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
MusettiVirtanen
5
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
MusettiVirtanen
4
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
MusettiVirtanen
4
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
MusettiVirtanen
3
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
MusettiVirtanen
2
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
MusettiVirtanen
1
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
MusettiVirtanen
1
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Italian conquered in the 4th game (3-1) before eventually conquering the set (6-3).

Musetti converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 4th game (2-1 15-40). On the other side, Lorenzo didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 63 points. Lorenzo was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than the Finn (34-29). Lorenzo lost 11 points on serve (23-11). In addition, on the other side, the Finn conceded 11 points on serve (18-11).

2nd Set -
Musetti 6-2
MusettiVirtanen
6
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
MusettiVirtanen
5
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
MusettiVirtanen
4
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
MusettiVirtanen
3
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
MusettiVirtanen
2
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
MusettiVirtanen
1
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
MusettiVirtanen
1
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30

Lorenzo in this set was much more effective than Virtanen and without too much hustling he won 6-2 after breaking the Finn in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

Virtanen was dominated in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-2 to 6-2.

The Italian converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Lorenzo didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 55 points. Lorenzo was the winner of the set after clinching 15 more points than the Finn (35-20). The Italian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (16-3). On the losing side, the Finn conceded 19 points on serve (17-19).

1st
Musetti
Virtanen
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Musetti
Virtanen
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
 

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