New forfeit for Lorenzo Musetti: in his place Mattia Bellucci
New forfeit for Lorenzo Musetti: in his place Mattia Bellucci
No dice for Lorenzo Musetti, who was also forced to forfeit the Acapulco ATP 500. After the forfeit in Rio de Janeiro, the Carrara player also è withdrew from the ''Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC', having not yet recovered from the first-degree muscle injury in the calf of his right leg, suffered during the ATP 250 in Buenos Aires.
Announcing it è was Musetti himself with an Instagram story: Hi everyone, I just wanted to update you that unfortunately I am forced to withdraw from Acapulco. I was hoping to come back and play, but I still need time. Thank you to Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC and the fans in Mexico for all your support!".
On the Mexican tournament scoreboard, in place of Musetti enters Mattia Bellucci, who was repechaged as a lucky loser after being eliminated in the last round of qualifying by Canadian Gabriel Diallo. The Lombardian will challenge Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the first round.
Other Azzurri involved in Acapulco include Matteo Arnaldi, who will face number one seed Alexander Zverev, and Flavio Cobolli, who is expected to have an equally complicated match with U.S. fifth seed Ben Shelton.
