Lorenzo Musetti downs Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-3 6-3 in the quarter in Chengdu on Sunday. Musetti will play against Alexander Shevchenko in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 16 minutes. His best result in this competition was reaching the final in 2024. Here you can see his history at this event.
Musetti added to his prize money $ 26,115 after winning this match. He has already won $ 62,085 until now in this competition. If he wins the next match, the Italian will add $ 43,525 to his earnings to get in total $ 105,610.
Highlights Lorenzo Musetti vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili Chengdu Open – Chengdu
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Italian scored 61 points vs. the Georgean’s 49.
Musetti
Musetti served exceptionally well to win 77% of the points (27/35) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (9/18) on his second serve. The Italian won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points after he converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.
Basilashvili
On the other side, the Georgean was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Musetti and Basilashvili is 2-2.
Draw and next match H2H: Lorenzo Musetti vs. Alexander Shevchenko – stats
Musetti will fight against Shevchenko in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Lorenzo Musetti and Alexander Shevchenko play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Musetti (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Musetti had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Nikoloz Basilashvili in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, that was not enough for Lorenzo to win the set because Nikoloz succeeded in breaking back in the 4th (2-2) game. Lorenzo maintained his focus to break Nikoloz in the 5th
(3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.Musetti failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 15.
Lorenzo converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Nikoloz converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 4th
(1-2 0-40 and 15-40) and the 8th game (3-4 30-40 and 40-A).They played 65 points. The Italian was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than the Georgean (36-29). The Italian dropped 13 points on serve (20-13). On the losing side, the Georgean conceded 16 points on serve (16-16).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Musetti conquered in the 8th game (5-3) before finally conquering the set (6-3).
Musetti converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Lorenzo didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 45 points. Lorenzo was the winner of the set after clinching 5 more points than Basilashvili (25-20). Musetti was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). Regarding the other side of the net, Nikoloz conceded 9 points on serve (16-9).
Tennis Scores in Chengdu
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (4-6 7-5 6-2)
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Marcos GironGiron (6-3 2-6 7-63)
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Taro DanielDaniel (7-62 3-6 6-2)
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-3 6-3)
Upcoming matches
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (1-0) – H2H details and stats