Lorenzo Musetti dispatches Alibek Kachmazov 6-4 6-2 in the semifinal in Chengdu on Monday. Musetti will try to keep the momentum against Juncheng Shang in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 41 minutes. This will be his best result in this event. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the semifinal in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
Musetti added to his prize money $ 42,835 after winning this match. He has already won $ 103,950 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Italian will add $ 74,245 to his earnings to get in total $ 178,195 in total.
Highlights Lorenzo Musetti vs. Alibek Kachmazov Chengdu Open – Chengdu
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
74
61
34
24
46%
39%
3
6
1
1
71%
56%
65%
69%
34/52
24/35
67%
44%
14/21
12/27
3/8
0/3
38%
0%
At the end of the match, the Italian scored 74 points vs. the Russian’s 61.
Musetti
Lorenzo won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points after he converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.
Kachmazov
On the other side, the Russian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Musetti and Kachmazov is 1-0 for Lorenzo.
Draw and next match H2H: Lorenzo Musetti vs. Juncheng Shang – stats
Musetti will fight against Shang in the final.
There is no head to head record between Lorenzo Musetti and Juncheng Shang since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Musetti clinched in the 7th game (4-3) just before ultimately winning the set (6-4).
Lorenzo converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Russian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 2nd game (1-1 40-A).
They contested 83 points. This set was a huge battle since finally Musetti won only 1 point more than Kachmazov (42-41). Musetti surrendered 15 points on serve (27-15). On the losing side, Kachmazov conceded 15 points on serve (26-15).
Musetti in this set was too good for Kachmazov and without too much struggle he won 6-2 after breaking Alibek in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
A defining moment of this set was when Musetti won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the score from 1-1 to 5-1.
They played 53 points. Musetti was the one to win the set after conquering 11 more points than Kachmazov (32-21). Lorenzo conceded 11 points on serve (21-11). In addition, on the other side, the Russian conceded 11 points on serve (10-11).
Tennis Scores in Chengdu
Juncheng ShangShang – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (6-4 6-4)
Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Alibek KachmazovKachmazov (6-4 6-2)
Upcoming matches
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