Lorenzo Musetti is the first Italian to reach the third round of the Australian Open. The Italian tennis player, number 16 in the seeding, played a super match beating the Canadian Denis Shapovalov 7-6(3) 7-6(6) 6-2 in two hours and 42 minutes of play and now awaits the American Ben Shelton , 21st seed, victorious 6-3 6-3 6-7(4) 6-4 over Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta. For Musetti it is the first appearance of his career in the third round of the Australian Open after losing in the 1st round both in 2022 to Alex De Minaur and in 2023 to Lloyd Harris and in the second round in 2024 to Luca Van Assche.
In previous games against Shelton, Musetti leads 2-0. Carrarino beat his rival at Queen’s in 2023 (6-4 4-6 6-4) and in Miami in 2024 (6-4 7-6).
However, Lucia Bronzetti’s Australian Open ends in the second round. The Rimini native, number 76 in the world, suffered her fifth defeat in six direct matches against Romanian Jaqueline Cristian, number 82, who won 7-5 7-5 and reached the third round of a Slam for the first time.