Lorenzo Musetti scrambles Gael Monfils and deserves Novak Djokovic
A true domination, to deserve a dream challenge.
Lorenzo Musetti scrambles Gael Monfils in the second round of Roland Garros, deserving a dream challenge against Novak Djokovic in the third. In fact, the 22-year-old from Carrara wins in three sets, suffering in fact only in the first: 7-5, 6-1, 6-4 the final score that accrues in just over two hours against the French number 37 on the ATP circuit.
The first set è the most complicated for Musetti, who in fact solved it after almost an hour of battle. Monfils, moreover, moved ahead in the third game, snatching the Azure's serve. Bravo è the Tuscan to always remain in contact with the opponent, equalizing the accounts on 4-4 and then on 5-5, at the culmination of a series of three games all marked by as many breaks. He then held on by clawing the next game and then taking the decisive break at 7-5, leaving the Frenchman even at 0 points.
Entirely different trend has the second set: here too there are two breaks for Musetti, who però in fact leaves Monfils only the fourth game. All others reward the Tuscan, who first time on 3-0 and then easily conquers three more games in a row closing the accounts in just over half an hour.
Same duration also in the third and decisive set, which also è marked by three more games than the previous one. Here è forè Musetti was good at not conceding anything to Monfils when he went to serve, then taking the decisive point at 5-4 when he completed yet another break of a memorable night.
