Lorenzo vs. Lorenzo: Musetti beats Sonego in Vienna

Musetti beats Sonego in Vienna

It ends with the success of Lorenzo Musetti the tricolor derby scheduled on Tuesday and valid for the first round of the ATP tournament in Vienna: the Carrarino beat Lorenzo Sonego in two sets, finished, 6-3, 6-2, thus goingì to earn a place among the best sixteen of the competition played on indoor cement.

There were few twists and turns in the match, which lasted seventy-threeè minutes: what decided the first set è was basically the fourth game, which Musetti won on the fifth break ball, and never looked back for the rest of the fraction. The second set è was also a monologue of the current number 17 in the ATP rankings: ahead 0-4, he slowed down only in the final, still leaving only two games to his opponent of the day.

Musetti thus returned to success after two consecutive knockouts on the circuit, in the round of 16 of the Beijing tournament against Bu Yunchaokete (6-2, 6-4 the score) and in the second round of the Shanghai Masters 1000 (he had missed the first round thanks to the bye granted to the top seed), where he succumbed 1-6, 7-6(6), 6-2 to Belgian David Goffin.

In the round of 16, Lorenzo Musetti will face one of the circuit’s veterans, Frenchman Gael Monfils: the 1986-born tennis player, currently number 52 in the world rankings, also made it through the first round by winning a derby, against compatriot Quentin Halys. 7-6(5), 6-3 the score in favor of the'former Top 10.