Lorenzo Musetti has the upper hand against a compatriot. © APA / afp / MARTIN BUREAU
Lorenzo Musetti continued to play his way into the limelight at the French Open.
05. June 2021
The 19-year-old Italian defeated his compatriot Marco Cecchinato (ATP 83) with 3: 6.6: 4.6: 3.3: 6.6: 3 and made it to the round of 16 on his Grand Slam debut. He is only the sixth player since 2000 to have achieved this in his first major main competition. Musetti made it into the top 100 for the first time this year with an Acapulco semi-final and will continue to improve from his current best ranking (76).
The youngster can expect a real baptism of fire against world number one Novak Djokovic. The Serb qualified for the round of 16 of the French Open on Saturday without losing a set. As expected, the top seeded Serb gave the Lithuanian Ricardas Berankis no chance and won with 6: 1.6: 4.6: 1.
Federer in the round of 16 against Berrettini
Roger Federer is in the round of 16 of the French Open for the 15th time. The 39-year-old Swiss won in the 3rd round against the German left-hander Dominik Koepfer (ATP 59) in a dramatic thriller 7: 6 (7: 5), 6: 7 (3: 7), 7: 6 (7: 4 ), 7: 5. On Monday he will now meet world number 9 Matteo Berrettini. The Italian defeated Kwon Soonwoo from Korea on Saturday in 3 sets with 7: 6, 6: 3 and 6: 4.
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