Lorenzo Musetti beats Medvedev and the rain: he’s in the quarters in Rome

Not even rain stops Lorenzo Musetti at the Internazionali d’Italia. The Carrara native, eighth seed, beat Daniil Medvedev, number 10 in the seeding and 11 in the world, with a final score of 7-5 6-4 after just over an hour and a half of play and qualified for the quarterfinals.

The match already begins with a few drops of rain and on 2-1 for the Russian comes the first break. They restarted after 10 minutes with the serve being the dominant factor until 4-4 when Musetti scratched the first break of the’match. The blue, however, does not close on serve (5-5) but gets a second chance (6-5) and this time does not forgive (7-5).

The second set starts great for Musetti, who takes the serve away from Medvedev in the opening game and confirms the break (2-0). Carrara retains it until 5-4 when he is called to serve for the match. Here, however, the rain returns: Musetti rises to 40-30 but it starts to pour and the referee is forced to stop the game on match-point. After almost three hours of stoppage time, it can be resumed and Musetti closes with a winning forehand.

Thanks to this victory Musetti flies to the quarterfinals of the Rome Masters 1000 where he will face the winner of the match between Alexander Zverev, world number two, and Arthur Fils, world number 14 and 13 in the seeding.