He wins the first two sets against the French then gets back together and wins in 5th place after 2 hours and 33 minutes, a record of all editions of the Next Gen Finals: “I gave everything, I owed it to the people who supported me”. Today from 21 there is the American
A show, two hours and 33 minutes, the record of all editions of the Next Gen Finals. A suffering, at times, but it was worth it, you think: Musetti overcomes Hugo Gaston 4-3 4-3 2-4 3-4 4-2 and is still in the running for the next round.
Another Lorenzo Musetti who took the field tonight against Hugo Gaston. More determined, less afraid. And although when he enters the field his face betrays a bit of anxiety, as soon as he starts playing against the Frenchman he melts. He serves at two hundred and five kilometers per hour, puts his fairy hand and the full-arm backhand to good use and takes courage also thanks to the public once again all for him. And so the first set, finished at the tie break, is his, and also in the second set, when everything is still decided at the tie break and from 5-2 forward he is on 6-6 he keeps his nerve and closes in his favor 8- 6. Too bad that when Lorenzo has the opportunity to break at 2-2, he gets distracted and in turn gives the joke and the set to Gaston. It didn’t take, because a win in three sets would have been a godsend for qualification. And in the fourth set Musetti drops a little, lends his side to Gaston’s attacks and in the 5-1 tie break he gets caught up by the French 5-4. He has two match points at 6-4 and anxiety returns to be felt: double foul. The second also flies away and so Gaston moves to the set point to go to the fifth, he goes to 7-7 and in the end Hugo wins. Everything to be redone and this time there is no margin to make mistakes, other wasted break points (the percentage will be 1 out of 16) until, alleluja, Lollo decides to hit just the right one for the 4-2 that gives him the victory and survival, even if complicated in the tournament. “I had promised myself to bring out the best Musetti – he said after the match -, now I will try to rest in the best possible way to challenge Korda and play my chances of passing the round.
Now Korda
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In the first match of the evening session, Sebastian Korda, who struggled yesterday against Gaston recovering from two sets to zero, won in three sets against the Argentine Baez. Today the American number 38 in the world, who won his first ATP title in Parma in May, faces Musetti himself for the passage of the round in group B.
What Musetti has to do
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Everything is decided on the last day of the round robin. Today he must beat Korda, otherwise he would be eliminated, and cheer Gaston against Baez. If the Argentine were to stop the French, the percentage of sets won and lost would be calculated. If he wins by losing one or two sets, he will pass if in the last match Gaston beats Baez or if the Argentine wins in 4 or 5 sets. If, on the other hand, he loses a set, he will pass only if Gaston beats Baez or if the Argentine wins in five. If he wins again tonight in the fifth, he will only be able to get through the round if Gaston beats Baez.
November 11, 2021 (change November 11, 2021 | 01:30)
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