Parallel lives, common destinations and conflicting styles. Carlos Alcaraz placeholder image Y Lorenzo Musetti they are savoring the sweet taste of tennis novelty and growth, at a much higher rate than expected and with a brilliance and forcefulness unbecoming for their ages. The tennis fan has every reason to witness with enthusiasm and enthusiasm the first pulses of the many that could lie ahead between these two great promises of world tennis who want to become realities as soon as possible. 10 months older than the Spaniard, Musetti already knows what it is to accumulate prestigious victories on the ATP circuit, but he has also suffered in his own flesh Alcaraz’s consistency and innate talent. Who will be able to filter first in the top-100 of the ATP ranking?
18/10/2020 01:10
The 17-year-old Spaniard becomes the second-youngest tennis player in history to win three ATP Challenger Tour titles. We analyze their game and mentality.
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Both were running as young promises called to make a leap in quality this season, but the fact of ascending so many positions has surprised locals and strangers. Alcaraz started the season in the position 490 of the ATP ranking and playing ITF Futures tournaments, which soon turned out to be too small for him, while Musetti started in the position 357 and giving very good feelings from the beginning, after having stayed just one game away from getting into the final table of the Open de Australia 2020. He made his debut on the ATP circuit in Dubai, losing to Rublev in a disputed match, before the global coronavirus pandemic postponed its outbreak.
But in the resumption it was as if all that time standing had served to accumulate energy in the case of Italian and Spanish. In just two months they have signed astronomical results and the presentation in society of Lorenzo during the Rome tournament, defeating Nishikori and Wawrinka, was a turning point to which he has managed to continue, with the title in the ATP Challenger Forli 2020 and his great performance in the ATP 250 Sardinia 2020. It is clear that both seem called to lead a new generation of players, far ahead of other members of the same fifth as Jiri Lehecka (353), Harold Mayot (415) or, in the case of Spanish, Holger Rune (551) and Pablo Llamas (658).
With just over a month to go to the end of the season on the ATP Challenger Tour, Lorenzo Musetti It is located in the 123rd position of the ATP ranking, just 187 points from the 100 in the world, which is currently Ruusuvori. Just a little behind is Carlos Alcaraz placeholder image, which has cemented its escalation in continuity in Challenger events, with a single appearance in an ATP tournament, such as the one in Rio de Janeiro. The Spanish is in position 136 of the world, to a minimum distance with respect to the Italian as they are only 47 points. Carlos will play just one more tournament, the ATP Challenger Puente Romano 2020, in Marbella, while Lorenzo has on his agenda to play the Parma tournament in the same category.
Common aspects and contrasts in their game
For a rivalry to have a special magic, it is necessary that it be erected in a duel of styles and personalities. In the case of Spanish and Italian, the first factor is absolutely fulfilled. Alcaraz is a total tennis player, a man with an offensive vocation, but with an immeasurable backcourt consistency that allows him to adapt to any game situation. His forehand is amazing and on serve he has considerable room for improvement. For its part, Musetti applies a more colorful and precious style of play for the amateur perhaps, with a reverse to a hand of sculptural harmony and remarkable efficiency. His service performance is not negligible and he seems to have more winning shots than Carlos, but somewhat less solid.
What they both share, in addition to their height (1.85m), is their predilection for clay courts, a good ability to change the rhythm with drops and, above all, that winning mentality and ability to display their best level in moments summit, how important it is to succeed. They convey unique sensations with their attitude on the track, always constructive in adverse situations, with the ability to row against the current and an out-of-bounds ambition. Carlos Alcaraz placeholder image Y Lorenzo Musetti they promise strong emotions.
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