Lorenzo Musetti makes no mistake: Etcheverry knocked out, quarters reached in Vienna

After Matteo Berrettini and Jannik Sinner, Lorenzo Musetti also reached the quarterfinals of the Vienna ATP 500. The Carrara native, number 4 in the seedings and 8 in the world, bowed out Tomas Martin Etcheverry, world number 60, in two sets with a final score of 6-3 6-4 after just over an hour and a half of play.

A rocket start for the Azure, who snatched the serve from the Argentine in the second game and confirmed the break lead (3-0) at zero. In the ninth game Musetti conceded a counter-break ball but l’nullified it with a winning serve before closing out the partial (6-3).

Same script at the start of the second set with Musetti getting the break in the opening game and confirming it on serve (2-0). Etcheverry saves a double break ball in the third game and gets two chances to get back into the set in the eighth game but the Tuscan saves again on serve. In the tenth game, called to serve for the match, l’Azzurro does not tremble and files on the first match point.

In the quarterfinals of the”Erste Bank Open’Musetti will take on Corentin Moutet, No. 36 in the ATP rankings, who took revenge on Daniil Medvedev, who was defeated in two parts (7-6 6-4).