Beijing, Buu shatters Musetti’s dreams

The Blue, surprisingly, stops in the round of 16

Musetti’s run at the China Open è ended in the round of 16. The Italian, world No. 18, è surrendered to Bu. The Chinese (96 in the ATP rankings) made the most of Musetti’s bad day, taking home the victory in two sets: 6-2, 6-4 the match’s partials.

The Chinese player closed the file in one hour and 29 minutes of play. After taking a beating on the Italian in the first set, Bu è managed to recover two breaks in the second partial, then going on to win the match with merit. To report some physical problems for Musetti, who also required the intervention of the physiotherapist for a forearm problem.

Musetti will now have to try to quickly forget the ugly defeat to Chinese Bu, recover his strength and think about the next event, which is the Shanghai Masters 1000, scheduled to start next Oct. 2. With so many competitions behind him in the past two months, Musetti needs to regain his brilliance.

In the men’s draw at the China Open, therefore, the two Italian nationals Sinner and Cobolli remain in the running. The former è is expected to challenge Lehecka while the latter will have to contend with the number 3 on the scoreboard, namely Medvedev.