Lorenzo Musetti to scream, historic third round
Musetti in the third round
Lorenzo Musetti è the first Italian to reach the third round at the Australian Open. The Tuscan played a super match, beating Canadian Denis Shapovalov 7-6 7-6 6-2 and awaits U.S. Ben Shelton, victorious 6-3 6-3 6-7 6-4 over Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta.
Two hours and 42 minutes of great tennis è that expressed by the Carrarino, always pushing, always with his head inside the match, always lucid in his choices, ready to fight on the two diagonals of the game, especially the one of the backhand that impacted on the Canadian’s left-handed forehand.
For Musetti è the first appearance of his career in the third round of the Australian Open after losing in the 1st round in the 2022 edition to Alex De Minuar, in the 1st round in 2023 to Lloyd Harris and in the 2nd round in 2024 to Luca Van Assche.
In his previous records with Shelton, Musetti leads 2-0. The Carrara native beat his rival at Queen's in 2023 (6-4 4-6 6-4) and in Miami in 2024 (6-4 7-6).