The blue overcomes tiredness and defeats the Australian. The semi-final will be played on Thursday with the world number one
The first victory in the Finals of his career a very sweet taste for Lorenzo Musetti who beats the Australian De Minaur after a spectacular battle in which the blue starts strong, seems to dominate, then becomes tired and seems destined for defeat. But in the end he wins by demonstrating how certain physical limits can be overcome: Musetti played for three hours on Saturday against Nole Djokovic, on Monday he took to the court again in Turin and seemed to have no energy. In just over 24 hours he found them, he played six games in seven days yet last night he drove his fans crazy. It was worth making an effort even after the defeat against Fritz to get to play, Thursday, the semi-final against Carlos Alcaraz, number one in the world.
The tennis show
Against an opponent who shoots terrifying baseline shots, Musetti has not changed his tennis. He is so far from the prototype of today’s tennis player he unleashed all the blows of his immense class: crossed passers with unthinkable trajectories, unimaginable long lines to create, short balls that die a centimeter after passing the tape. A beautiful and impossible tenniswhich when accompanied by excellent service percentages makes Musetti one of the best players in the world. He doesn’t have the power of Sinner or the consistency of Alcaraz but his arm is second to none.
The match
Musetti starts immediately with excellent service percentages and in the eleventh game the match leans in favor of Carrarino. After four break points canceled out, Lorenzo breaks the Australian’s serve in the fifth and serves for the match. The fear passed at 0-30 with a dangerous double fault, rrecovers and closes the first set 7-5. On the wings of enthusiasm he suffered three break points but missed them and Meanwhile, De Minaur’s game grows together with an understandable decline in Musetti due to tiredness. At 4-3 De Minaur easily gets the break and then closes the set 6-3. Musetti seems to be in difficulty and De Minaur breaks his serve, at 4-2 he also has the chance for a double break but fails. Musetti’s fate seems sealedat 5-4 De Minaur serves for the match but Lorenzo remains attached to the match: a lob and a forehand make the crowd explode. Counter break and then Lorenzo holds his serve to take the lead at 6-5. The tie-break seems inevitable, but Musetti doesn’t want to prolong the match and at the second match ball he closes the score to the jubilation of the Turin public.
