Match Report
From Umag to Paris, Musetti upsets Zverev to achieve Olympics SFs
Italian has received seven of his previous eight matches
August 01, 2024
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Lorenzo Musetti in motion in Paris on Thursday.
By ATP Employees
Lorenzo Musetti continued his resurgent run on Thursday when he upset World No. 4 and defending Olympic gold medalist Alexander Zverev 7-5, 7-5 to achieve the semi-finals on the Paris Olympics, guaranteeing him the possibility to play for a medal.
Musetti was competing within the ultimate on the ATP 250 clay-court occasion in Umag when the singles occasion started on Saturday in Paris. After falling within the title match, the 22-year-old made the journey from Croatia to France, the place he has been rampant on the Parisian clay.
Musetti moved previous Gael Monfils, Mariano Navone and Taylor Fritz in his first three matches earlier than he earned his first Prime 5 win of the season towards Germany’s Zverev. The No. 16 participant within the PIF ATP Rankings, who additionally reached his first main semi-final at Wimbledon three weeks in the past, fired 20 winners towards Zverev to develop into the primary Italian participant to achieve the singles semi-finals since tennis returned to the Olympics in Seoul in 1988.
Together with his two-hour, four-minute win, Musetti levelled his Lexus ATP Head2Head collection with Zverev at 1-1. He’ll face Serbian Novak Djokovic or Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas within the semi-finals. If he wins, he’ll enter the gold medal match, whereas defeat would provide him the possibility to combat for bronze.
Musetti holds a 19-4 report because the begin of the grass season, having reached the semis in Stuttgart and the ultimate at The Queen’s Membership in London in June.
Zverev clinched the gold medal on the Tokyo Olympics and was aiming to develop into the eleventh participant to achieve a number of singles Olympic semi-finals. The German is 47-14 on the season.
