Miami: Lorenzo Musetti surpasses Ben Shelton and gives himself Carlos Alcaraz
Masters 1000 Miami: Lorenzo Musetti-Ben Shelton 6-4 7-6
Lorenzo Musetti's adventure at the Miami Masters 1000 continues. The tennis player from Carrara, in fact, è won in two sets over the American Ben Shelton with a score of 6-4 7-6, thus reaching; compatriots Jannik Sinner and Matteo Arnaldi in the round of 16 of the tournament.
The first set è characterized by much balance. In the fifth game, forò, è Musetti who managed to take advantage of his opponent's first smudges to place the decisive break at zero. The Tuscan, from that moment, managed to manage his own serve turns and close the first partial on 6-4.
In the second set, however, the momentum shifted in favor of Shelton, who managed to take a 4-1 lead. The Italian player, however, always remained with his head inside the match, managing to bring the score back to parity and then close the score at the decisive tie-break.
At the end of the match, among the various topics discussed in the press conference, Musetti è dwelt on his next opponent in the round of 16, namely Carlos Alcaraz: "We will play under different conditions than in the past. Alcaraz is playing well and after the win in Indian Wells he has regained confidence. It won’t be easy, I think facing him right now is the most exciting challenge in tennis. He and Jannik are ruling our sport, so Iò am happy to be able to face Carlos to see if he can take that step forward. He is fine physically but I am also in the best perid of the last few months, so I think it is the best time to face him".
"It’ the best match in the last few months. I feel like I did everything right and I found the real Lorenzo on the court, in terms of maturity, in terms of choices, in terms of physicality. I felt good and I countered a player who by characteristics è perhaps the prototype of a player that I don’t like. I enjoyed it, I made few freebies, few bad choices, I had fun" added the tennis player from Carrara about the meeting with Ben Shelton.
