Roland Garros, Lorenzo Musetti unstoppable: Tiafoe knocked out, is in semifinals

A wonderful Lorenzo Musetti flies into the semifinals at Roland Garros. The world number seven overcomes in four sets Frances Tiafoe, number 16 in the ranking and number 15 in the seeding, with a final score of 6-2 4-6 7-5 6-2 after two hours and three quarters of play.

A rocket start for the Carrara player, who takes the serve away from the American at the first useful opportunity (2-0) before confirming the break lead and repeating it in the eighth game that coincides with the conquest of the first set (6-2).

In the second set comes the reaction of Tiafoe, who breaks serve from Musetti in the third game (2-1) and confirms the break lead (3-1) after nullifying three counter-break balls. The U.S. makes no mistakes on serve and closes on 6-4 bringing the’match back to a perfect tie.

In the third set it is the service game that dominates with both players not conceding a single break ball until 6-5 Musetti: here Tiafoe stumbles into a bad serve and the Italian punishes him with a backhand winner that earns him the third partial.

With the momentum now in his favor, Musetti ramped up in the fourth set: break at the start (2-0) confirmed on serve (3-0) before taking the serve away again from the American in the eighth game that meant victory and semifinal where he awaits one between Carlos Alcaraz and Tommy Paul.