ATP Queen’s, prestigious victories for Matteo Arnaldi and Lorenzo Musetti

Matteo Arnaldi and Lorenzo Musetti in the round of 16

The adventure at Queen's began in the best possible way for Matteo Arnaldi and Lorenzo Musetti: in fact, the Sanremese defeated in three sets Ugo Humbert, number 16 in the ATP rankings, while the Carrarino got rid, again after three game fractions, of the competition of Alex De Minaur, who occupies the number 7 position in the world ranking.

Arnaldi defeated Humbert 3-6, 6-1, 7-6(6).After getting off to a bad start, immediately going down 0-3, the 2001 class built stroke after stroke more confidence on the London grass, effectively dominating the second fraction and forcing the Frenchman to play it all out in the tie-break of the third set, where Arnaldi also nullified a match point before closing 8-6 and taking home the win.

Musetti also started by losing a set to De Minaur: in the end però the scoreboard reads 1-6, 6-4, 6-2, with the Carrara-based tennis player good at regrouping at the end of a nightmarish set and then leaving only crumbs to the fearsome opponent, recent winner of the 's-Hertogenbosch tournament and a finalist last year.

The Queen's tournament, like the one in Halle, è an important stage in which to fine-tune one's form ahead of Wimbledon: last year's winner Carlos Alcaraz, who beat Alex De Minaur 6-4, 6-4, thus succeeding Matteo Berrettini, winner in 2022, in the roll of honor.