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Musetti to go crazy: Fritz doesn’t know what to do, now there's Djokovic

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Lorenzo Musetti leaves everyone speechless. In the delicate match against Taylor Fritz, valid for the round of 16 of the Australian Open, the Carrarese player plays a nearly perfect match. The Italian dominated the match, closing the file in three sets (6-2, 7-5, 6-4 the partials of the match) and thus flew, for the first time in his career, to the quarterfinals in Melbourne. The’umpteenth demonstration of how Lorenzo Musetti is maturing and moving up the ladder.

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The blue tennis player wants to bridge the gap that separates him from the'Alto Adige and Carlos Alcaraz
The champion from Carrara spoke about his goal in 2026: to reach the two outliers there in front
"This'year we saw the distance between them and the others, they are a step above everyone"

"I want to reach them, and having added important figures to my team is a decisive step toward that direction"

"I want to close the gap that this'year was still evident"
Musetti wants to become the third wheel, and to do so he added a super coach to his team
"José Perlas is an important figure that I feel can bring something more in addition to my historical coach"

"The joint work with Tartarini I believe can lead to steps forward and to the ultimate leap forward that I am looking for"

Musetti will thus replicate the winning formula of the double coach who adopted Sinner
"I want to increase my aggressiveness, it is fundamental in the modern game", he said on the sidelines of the Gazzetta Sports Awards
"I don’t just want to be a counter-attacker, but also more proactive starting from the opening shots of the game"

Lorenzo Musetti’s first set is simply mind blowing. After risking a break in the first service game, the tournament&#8217s No. 5 seed starts playing at a very high level, never giving the American a chance to get into the match. In just 32 minutes of play, the set is in the hands of Lorenzo Musetti (6-2). Taylor Fritz is definitely not at his best (knee problem) but he is not about to give away his success without a fight to the end.

After probably taking a painkiller, Taylor Fritz starts playing better but, even in the second set, he eventually has to raise the white flag. In the ninth game, he gives up the break and the Blue also takes home the second set (7-5). Ahead two sets, Taylor Fritz begins to run out of steam. The Azure is on a roll and shows it again in the mentally dominated third set. At 5-4 he has three match points: the first is enough to fly to the quarterfinals for the first time in his career.

Now, on the fabulous Lorenzo Musetti&#8217s way is Nole Djokovic. The Serb comes to the challenge definitely rested, as he qualified for the quarterfinals without taking the court: Jakub Mensik had to withdraw before the match due to an abdominal injury.

Lorenzo Musetti’s goal at the start of the tournament was to make it at least to the second week. Now he has a real chance to snag a spot in the semifinals. Nole Djokovic, winner of 10 Slams in Melbourne, knows he will have to be perfect to duel on equal footing with the Azure.

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