A three-hour marathon with the Serbian who eventually gets the better of the blue, but decides to give up. Sinner and Musetti on the pitch on Monday
A three-hour battle with an incredible swing of emotions and in the end Nole Djokovic beats our Lorenzo Musetti 7-5 in the third set e At the age of 38 he won the 101st tournament of his fantastic careerto. Musetti gave his all because qualification for the ATP Finals in Turin was up for grabs for him. With the defeat, the eighth available place went to Augier-Aliassime, but Lorenzo discovered a moment after the bitterness of the defeat that there will also be room for him in Turin. In fact, Nole Djokovic decided to give up and whispered it to Musetti while the two exhaustedly hugged each other at the end of the match. “Don’t worry Lorenzo, I’m not going to the Finals. It’s your turn.”
Musetti and Sinner on the pitch on Monday
Musetti he will have a few hours of rest after the Athens marathon because he will be on the field on Monday at 2pm against the American Taylor FritzWhile Jannik Sinner will still play on Monday at 8.30 pm against the Canadian Felix Augier-Aliassime who obtained the eighth available place. Sinner will also avail himself of the collaboration of his coach Cahill in 2026 who has announced that he wants to remain alongside the number one in the world. Djokovic’s resignation upset the groups and calendars, bringing Musetti into the group with Alcaraz, Fritz and De Minaur. Musetti thus realizes his dream of participating in the Finals, for the first time there will be two Italians to demonstrate the extraordinary moment of our tennis.
The final in Athens
It was a beautiful match the one between Djokovic and Musetti that the blue dominated in the first set giving the impression of being superior, but then the class and determination of the old champion came to the surface. Nole fought for every ball, won the second set and in the third the twists and turns followed one another in an incredible way with the two tennis players breaking serve one after the other. Musetti canceled a match-ball to Djokovicthen didn’t take advantage of the chance to get to 5-4 from 40-0 on his own serve. The blue also had a bit of bad luck, a couple of passers went out for nothing, while many of Djokovic’s shots hit the line of the court. Nothing new, it’s tennis: the devil’s sport.
