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Perugia Ch F: Fabian Marozsan [7] def. Edoardo Lavagno [WC] 6-2, 6-3 Match Stats

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This was a statement title from Marozsan, especially now that he already entered the Top 100. His aggression was attested, neutering Lavagno’s shots from the baseline, and he only got broken twice throughout the tournament. One of those breaks included Lavagno’s break of serve at the expense of Marozsan’s shot error, which happened points after his forehand down-the-line winner in the middle of the second set (hence his 50% break point conversion rate). Somehow, Marozsan’s paced aggression resulted in him creating 9 chances to break, converting 4 of them along the way.

Service game-wise, Marozsan was fairly consistent by winning at least 68% of his points from either first or second serves (which was 69%). Both players indeed scored 2 aces, but Lavagno’s second serves were still the most vulnerable as he could only win 44% of his points, even if he only double-faulted once. This showed how solid Marozsan’s return games were, especially on rallying from just the start of the match alone.

Per the current state of the live rankings, Marozsan landed at 91 for his Top 100 debut, continuing his journey in Montechiarugolo Challenger for the next week. Furthermore, this was Marozsan’s second Challenger title of the year (third career) after winning the Antalya Challenger earlier this year. On the other hand, Lavagno had a positive week after another deep Challenger run, which had another chance to be backed up to his already upward trajectory this year.

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The second set turned out to be more solid from Marozsan, despite Lavagno trying to raise his level. Lavagno could only break Marozsan’s serve once before Marozsan broke back and secured the championship.

Initially, Marozsan's reflexes carried his gate-opener to create several break points prior to its conversion thanks to his forehand winner (3-1). However, three games later, Lavagno came up with a forehand down-the-line winner as his own gate-opener to break Marozsan’s serve (which happened at the expense of his forehand that went too far), which remained a testament to how dangerous his lefty forehand could be when he is on. Marozsan then took this personally by de-breaking to 5-3 thanks to his backhand down-the-line winner, securing the opportunity to serve for the match.

Without any further ado, Marozsan held to 0 and sealed the title with an unreturned serve, taking the second set 6-3. Other than the title, he also sealed the Top 100 debut for the upcoming ranking update.

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Seventh seed Fabian Marozsan, who is currently 101st per the live rankings, had his Top 100 entrance defining match against wild card Edoardo Lavagno, who had been on an interesting run in the past few months, was a Turin Challenger quarterfinalist (as a qualifier) and had a second-round appearance in Sanremo Challenger. Interestingly, some power-controlling would be tested, as Lavagno's lefty forehand would be put against Marozsan's adaptive baseline game, inclusive of a drop shot, when applicable.

Marozsan had a strong first set start, landing a forehand winner to set himself 2 points ahead in the second game. Even if these leads were blown, Marozsan ended up breaking that service game at the expense of Lavagno's forehand errors (2-0). In a solid showing, Marozsan held to 0 and strengthened his lead to 3-0.

Somehow, Lavagno tried to find the range by responding to Marozsan's drop shot with a pass, although Marozsan held that service game to 4-1. Just two games later, his attempts to press Lavagno's baseline game through some pacing showed, especially due to the latter's backhand rush for the set point creation, and a forehand rush that converted it (6-2). Pacing could still be the issue in the second set, but Lavagno's ability to have his strokes more balanced could be something to see in the ongoing second set.

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Perugia Ch R1: Stefano Travaglia [LL] def. Dominic Thiem [4/WC] 2-6, 7-6(6), 6-1 Match Stats

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Thiem appeared to be in control of the flow until the middle of the second set tie-breaker, where his error sprees started to hit and Travaglia was able to bring more pressure to his shots. As a result, not only Travaglia entirely shifted the moment, but also the Italian won the match altogether.

Although Thiem scored 2 more aces than Travaglia, both players won 65% of their points from their first serves. On the other hand, Travaglia kept his service game consistent by winning, also, 65% of his points from his second serves (20% more than Thiem). Thiem's 2 double faults were not it, as well as his shot rushes afterward.

Speaking of Thiem's shot rushes, they also played a role in shifting the moment under pressure, especially toward the end of the match. Since then, Travaglia had two times more opportunities to break than Thiem (14 to 7), successfully converting 3 of them, which all came in the third set at the expense of Thiem's errors. However, Travaglia's shot winners (including the two volleys at the end of the second set tie-breaker), signifying his level-raise and better aggression than the first set, also played a part in opening the path or creating the opportunities to break, which paid off by the end of the match.

In the second round, Travaglia will face Francesco Maestrelli, who earlier defeated Renzo Olivo 7-5, 6-4. While this might or might not be a possible run according to the draw, taking into account this was his first Top 100 win after a year, post-injury comebacks have never been easy for both players. Travaglia had one Challenger final earlier this year as a wild card in Tenerife 3, for the record, which could be a boost for this run.

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The turnaround carried through the third set, a familiar tale with last week's Heilbronn Challenger second round. After being broken early at the expense of Thiem's backhand errors, the nightmare set continued. Parts of it were a result of Travaglia's shot winners, taking the opportunity called the open court.

For several occasions, Thiem's game points were found fumbled. Some of these came from Travaglia's volleys or forehand winners, although some others came from Thiem's error sprees. One of Travaglia's forehand winners resulted in the creation of another break point, that even if Thiem previously saved 3 break points in the fourth game, it was insufficient as a result of his backhand rush to convert Travaglia's fifth break point of that game (4-1).

After consolidating his service game to 5-1, Thiem actually had another chance to hold his service game. Out of another different set of errors, Travaglia ended up baking a breadstick in the third set (6-1), securing his spot in the second round.

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The second set was an entire turnaround for some reasons. Fast-forwarding toward the end of the set, Travaglia's point construction started to press Thiem's game a little bit further, starting with a cross-court backhand winner to minimize the gap even if Thiem held that game 5-5.

Two consecutive holds later, the tie-breaker had to decide where the match flowed. Somehow, Travaglia's early forehand error gave Thiem the moment, with a 2-point lead to start the tie-breaker. Several games later, Thiem had the lead to 5-3 before Travaglia regained his service game for the equalizer. After Thiem's backhand errors, the shot that was sought after during the tie-break, Travaglia came up with two volleys not only to set his set point, but also its conversion to take the second set 7-6(6).

As a result, Travaglia brought this match to the decider, where it could either be a familiar tale or Thiem was able to dig even deeper at the end...

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Meanwhile, in Perugia…

After being postponed for a day due to rain, fourth seed and wild card Dominic Thiem, who took the wild card after his early exit in Heilbronn Challenger, finally played his first-round match. Instead of playing Flavio Cobolli, who pulled out due to a minor injury, he played lucky loser Stefano Travaglia.

Thiem appeared to control the flow of the first set. After his one-handed backhands successfully went after Travaglia’s forehand, which ended up being an error, to break early 1-0. Somehow, under the same reason, Thiem doubled the break to 3-0, finally holding his service game 4-0 after surviving two break points. Several consecutive holds later, Thiem successfully served it out to take the first set 6-2, with a convincing display of aggression and power to seal it all.

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