The race of Lorenzo Musetti on the fields of the Country Club of the Principality of Monaco. After beating the round of 16 Matteo Berrettini in the quarterfinals of the “Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters”, the first ATP 1000 on the batting land of the season, equipped with a total prize pool of 6,128,940 euros, the 23 year old blue, number 16 of the world and 13th seeding force, beat the 26-year-old Greek Stefanos tsitsipas8th of the international ranking and eighth favorite of the scoreboard, with a score of 1-6, 6-3, 6-4.
At semifinals control Alex de Minaur
Tomorrow the semifinal for the Tuscan tennis player, for the first time in his career in a Masters 1000: if he will see it against the Australian Alex de Minaur. After a first subdued set, conditioned by a heel problem, Musetti found the best enamel, “dominated” and beaten the Hellenic player, winner in Monte Carlo in 2021, in 2022 and last year, and obtained the pass for the semifinal.
Challenge for the final
De Minaur, luxury version, number 10 in the world and eighth strength of the scoreboard, took just 45 minutes of play to liquidate Grigor Dimitrov, 18 ATP and 15 of seeding, with an unequivocal score of 6-0 6-0 (the first double zero immediately in the career from the Bulgarian, with only 15 points at the assets). On the other side of the scoreboard, however, the two semifinalists are the Spaniards Carlos Alcaraz e Alejandro davidovich fokinafinalist in Monte Carlo in 2022.
Musetti, “very hard match, with tsitsipas I had already lost 5 times”
“Today was a very hard game. I had never beaten TSTSIPAS; I had already lost five times. I knew I didn’t have an easy task. During the match I raised the level of my game: I am very happy. “So Musetti after success on the Greek.” In the first point of the game I felt a pain in the foot and I called the doctor to understand better: I was a little confused. The game plan we had prepared at the beginning did not work. Then I changed something. It is nice to win here with this wonderful audience. My team supported me from start to finish. I am really happy. Appointment tomorrow, “added the blue.