Victory in three sets against the Australian, he will now face the winner of the match between Jodar and Nishikori
One step at a time. Musetti is still not the best who beats Vikic in three sets and reaches the quarterfinals of the ATP 500 in Washington. But Lorenzo also needs victories like this, with some dangerous lapses in concentration, to regain his best condition. Meanwhile, after three months he qualifies for the quarter-finals and will face the winner of the match between Jodar and Nishikori. He reaches a quarter-final at ATP level for the 45th time in his careerfirst since Barcelona last April, and is the third Italian in this century to do so in Washington after Sinner in 2021 and Cobolli in 2024. Champion and finalist respectively.
The match
Musetti immediately started well and broke the serve from the Australian. The level of Vukic, number 105 in the world, seems decidedly lower than that of Carrarino although Vukic manages to stay afloat with his serve. He also has the opportunity to return the break, but Lorenzo holds serve with great clarity and closes the first set 6-3. In the second the match seems to have the same flow with Musetti getting the break and then taking the lead to 4-1 Lorenzo has a real blackout, Vukic fires incredible groundstrokes with unprecedented speed and wins the second set 7-5. However, Musetti regains his clarity in the third set and the difference between the two comes out. Carrarino gets two breaks, Vukic recovers one, but the serve of Lorenzo is solid and closes the game on the second match ball (6-3) in two hours and sixteen minutes.
Sinner in Monte Carlo
Meanwhile Jannik Sinner has returned to Monte Carlo and has started working in preparation for the American trip which will see him busy first in Cincinnati (13-23 August) and then at the US Open in New York (23 August-13 September). Just in Cincinnati last year Sinner was forced to withdraw due to an illness during the final against Carlos Alcaraz. Precisely to avoid risks, after the Wimbledon victory the Italian took a long holiday first in Sardinia and then in Sesto Pusteria among its mountains. Tennis, athletic training, recovery and prevention are on the menu these days to get to your best in the USA where the number one opponent will be humidity with the sensation of heat amplified by the fact of playing on concrete and in the hottest hours of the day. Cincinnati will obviously be a test towards the Us Open where Sinner could find Carlos Alcaraz againeven if the Spaniard has not yet officially announced the date of his return to the field.
