Lorenzo Musetti, no rematch with Grigor Dimitrov at Paris-Bercy

Master 1000 Paris-Bercy: Lorenzo Musetti ko's debut 

Lorenzo Musetti slams again against Grigor Dimitrov. After losing on his debut at the Vienna ATP 500 to the Bulgarian, the Carrara-based tennis player succumbed again to the former world number three in the first round of the Paris-Bercy Masters 1000. Dimitrov è won with a final score of 6-2 6-7 6-3 after two hours and twenty minutes of play.

In the first set, the balance is immediately broken in favor of Dimitrov, who at 2-2 snatches the serve to zero from Musetti and threads four consecutive games, filing the first partial. The Bulgarian also goes ahead by a break at the beginning of the second set, but at one step from the finish line comes the reaction of the Italian, who cancels a match point, recovers the break disadvantage and wins the tie-break by 7 points to 4, dragging the match to the third and decisive set.

In the third set Dimitrov quickly went up 3-0, and kept the break until the final 6-3, conceding crumbs on serve. The Bulgarian thus enters the second round where he will face Russian Daniil Medvedev, while Musetti must leave the Paris tournament.