When Lorenzo Musetti plays at the U.S. Open: background with David Goffin

Lorenzo Musetti will open the Louis Armstrong program tomorrow at 5 p.m. Italian time by facing Belgian veteran David Goffin in his US Open men’s singles second round match.

34 years old, currently number 80 in the world, Goffin was number 7 in 2017, which as a best ranking is one step below that of Musetti, who reached number 6 there in June this year after a semifinal at Roland Garros and is now number 10.

Six tournaments have been won by the Walloon from Liege, the most important of which was on cement in Tokyo in 2017, his best year. At the US Open he made it four times in a row to the round of 16, in the other three Slams he went all the way to the quarters at least once.

A very experienced player then.

A very experienced player then for Musetti who nonetheless holds a 2-1 advantage in previous direct confrontations but the last one, last year in Shanghai, was won by Goffin. The 23-year-old from Carrara, on the other hand, always had the upper hand in the first round at Roland Garros in 2021 in three sets and at the US Open in 2022 in five sets.