Indian Wells Masters · R64 · Hard · 7 Mar 2025
Lorenzo Musetti v Roman Safiullin
109–98 in points · Lorenzo Musetti won
Why it went the way it did
Lorenzo Musetti won 4.5 more points than Roman Safiullin relative to what the serve alone predicted. Roman Safiullin's biggest leaks: serve 1st execution −4.1, forehand execution −3.4, serve 2nd execution −2.0.
Each shot moves its hitter's chance of winning the point. Those moves are split into direction choice, shot selection and execution, and summed here. Read both columns together: one player's gain is the other's loss.
| Shot | Lorenzo Musetti | Roman Safiullin | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dir | Sel | Exec | Total | Dir | Sel | Exec | Total | |
| Serve 1st | −0.1 | −0.2 | −2.0 | −2.2 | −0.8 | −0.2 | −4.1 | −5.0 |
| Serve 2nd | ±0.0 | −0.1 | −0.5 | −0.5 | +0.1 | ±0.0 | −2.0 | −1.9 |
| Return | −0.2 | +0.5 | +2.7 | +3.0 | +0.5 | +1.5 | +2.9 | +4.9 |
| Forehand | −0.9 | +4.4 | +4.3 | +7.7 | ±0.0 | +2.7 | −3.4 | −0.7 |
| Backhand | −0.3 | +0.3 | +1.0 | +1.1 | ±0.0 | +1.2 | +1.2 | +2.4 |
| Slice | −0.1 | −4.8 | +0.9 | −4.0 | −0.1 | −2.0 | +1.4 | −0.7 |
| Net | +0.3 | −0.6 | +1.1 | +0.8 | +0.4 | +0.3 | +1.6 | +2.3 |
| Touch | ±0.0 | −1.7 | +1.3 | −0.5 | ±0.0 | −0.1 | −0.3 | −0.4 |
| All shots | −1.3 | −2.2 | +8.9 | +5.4 | +0.2 | +3.5 | −2.8 | +0.9 |
Set by set
| Set | Lorenzo Musetti | Roman Safiullin | Net, Lorenzo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ±0.0 | −2.0 | +2.0 | |
| 2 | +4.7 | +6.4 | −1.7 | |
| 3 | +0.6 | −3.4 | +4.1 |
Adaptation
First-serve direction mix set by set, with the share of points each direction won. The scores measure whether the server moved toward the directions that had been winning earlier in this match, set to set and every two to three service games, in points per 100 first serves. Read them as a habit, not a gain: across the tour, a direction's edge in early sets barely predicts the later ones. Whether the returner responded can't be told apart from noise within one match.
Lorenzo Musetti serving
| Set | Wide | Body | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 49% 52% | 14% 67% | 37% 75% |
| 2 | 54% 65% | 3% 0% | 43% 63% |
| 3 | 48% 54% | 11% 33% | 41% 45% |
Set to set +0.20 per 100 first serves in sets 2+
Within sets −0.17 per 100 first serves, every two to three service games
Roman Safiullin serving
| Set | Wide | Body | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 40% 50% | 23% 56% | 38% 67% |
| 2 | 53% 63% | 14% 80% | 33% 67% |
| 3 | 33% 38% | 46% 18% | 21% 40% |
Set to set −1.61 per 100 first serves in sets 2+
Within sets −0.43 per 100 first serves, every two to three service games
Counterfactual: the best direction every time
If each shot had gone in the direction that is usually worth most for that stroke and position, this is how many more points each player would expect to win. It's an upper bound: the best direction isn't always on, and the chart can't see the ball's pace or position.
Lorenzo Musetti
12.0 points left on the table across 452 shots 2.66 per 100 shots
- Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your forehand side hit FH through the middle ×11; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.56 pts
- Long rally, 9+: drive to your forehand side hit FH through the middle ×10; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.55 pts
- Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your backhand side hit BH through the middle ×14; BH crosscourt rates higher · 0.54 pts
- Serve +1: mid-depth return to your middle hit FH through the middle ×6; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.52 pts
Roman Safiullin
9.8 points left on the table across 457 shots 2.14 per 100 shots
- Return of a 2nd serve, T, ad court hit FH through the middle ×4; FH inside-out rates higher · 0.37 pts
- Serve +1: deep return to your forehand side hit FH through the middle ×5; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.28 pts
- Return of a 1st serve, wide, deuce court hit FH down the line ×4; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.28 pts
- Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your backhand side hit BH through the middle ×7; BH crosscourt rates higher · 0.27 pts