ATP Marseille: winning debut for Lorenzo Musetti, ko Maximilian Marterer

ATP Marseille: Lorenzo Musetti-Maximilian Marterer 6-4 6-2

Lorenzo Musetti's adventure at the Marseille ATP 250 began with a victory. The Carrara native, in fact, è won in two sets with a score of 6-4 6-2 over German Maximilian Marterer, No. 99 in the ranking, who had been repechaged as an alternate after the withdrawal of Hungarian Fabian Marozsan.

In the first set, the Italian got off to a strong start, snatching service from the German in the second game. The advantage, however, lasts only a short time, as Marterer manages to take advantage of the Tuscan’s difficulties at the serve to bring the score back to even and even manage to get a break in the seventh game. From that moment, the class of 2002 manages to raise the level of his game, immediately recovering the break and winning the first partial on the advantages in the ninth game.

In the second set the Teutonic suffered from the psychological backlash and Lorenzo played more convincingly. The serve works better and also in response the performance è more efficient. In the second game the two break points are not exploited, but in the sixth and eighth sì. Conclusion: 6-2 and access to the second round.

In the next round Lorenzo Musetti will face the winner of the match between Andy Murray and Tomas Machac.