Superlative Alejandro Tabilo wins the Chengdu Open. HIGHLIGHTS – CHENGDU RESULTS

Alejandro Tabilo surprises Lorenzo Musetti 6-3 2-6 7-6(5) in the final in Chengdu on Tuesday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 37 minutes. He won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in his career.

Alejandro added $ 75,455 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned $ 181,065 in total after winning this tournament.

Highlights Alejandro Tabilo vs. Lorenzo Musetti Chengdu Open – Chengdu

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Tabilo won this match even if he won less points than the Italian (98 vs. 106).

Tabilo

Tabilo struck 12 aces and he committed 2 double faults. The Chilean was absolutely great in converting the only break point that he conquered.

Musetti

On the other side, the Italian was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 22% – 2/9). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Tabilo and Musetti is 1-1.

This was the 3^rd career title for Tabilo. He won the previous title in Mallorca. (see list of titles and finals). Lorenzo remains with 2^nd titles after he conquered the tournament in Hamburg 2022 and in Naples 2022. (see list of titles and finals)

Live score progression and stats

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Tabilo grabbed in the 8^th game (5-3) before eventually winning the set (6-3).

The Italian was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-3 to 6-3.

Alejandro was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8^th game (4-3 30-40). On the other side, Lorenzo wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5^th game (2-2 40-A).

They contested 65 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Tabilo won just 3 more points than Musetti (34-31). Alejandro conceded 12 points on serve (25-12). Regarding the other side of the net, Lorenzo conceded 9 points on serve (19-9).

Tabilo had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Lorenzo Musetti in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. The Italian improved his lead after breaking Tabilo in the 8^th (6-2) game before winning the set.

Musetti failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2

to be broken at 30.

Lorenzo was spot on in converting all his break points in the 1^st (0-0 15-40), the 4^th (3-0 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8^th game (5-2 15-40). On the other side, Lorenzo didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 56 points. Lorenzo was the one to win the set after conquering 12 more points than Alejandro (34-22). Musetti surrendered 6 points on serve (17-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Alejandro conceded 17 points on serve (16-17).

The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Eventually, the Chilean won the breaker at 7-5.

Tiebreak

Tabilo won 3 minibreaks in the 1^st (1-0), 8^th (4-4) and 12^th (7-5) point. On the other side, Musetti won 2 minibreaks in the 2^nd (1-1) and 3^rd (2-1) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 2-4, 3-4, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5

Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Tabilo saved 1 set point when he was trailing 4-5. On the other side, Musetti was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 40-A) and the 12^th game (6-5 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 81 points. The contest during this set was so even that the Chilean won just 1 point more than Lorenzo (41-40). Tabilo lost 17 points on serve (35-17). On the other side, the Italian conceded 6 points on serve (23-6).