Musetti Stays Hot on Roman Clay

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Friday May 9, 2025

Lorenzo Musetti is enjoying his time as one of two Italian men inside the Top-10 of the ATP’s rankings (it’s the first time that has ever happened), and on Friday in Rome he won his first match as a Top-10 player.

Musetti, who defeated Finland’s Otto Virtanen 6-3, 6-2 in 86 minutes, will face American Brandon Nakashima in the third round. The Italian is now 18-4 since the beginning of his run to the Olympic bronze medal in Paris last July.

A finalist in Monte-Carlo and a semifinalist at Madrid, Musetti is hoping to reach beyond his career-best performance at the Foro Italico – a round of 16 appearance in 2023.

Musetti is one of two Italian men that reached the third round today. Wild card Francesco Passaro upset Grigor Dimitrov 7-5 6-3 to reach the third round for the second consecutive year.

Four more Italian men, including top-seeded Jannik Sinner and Matteo Berrettini, will be in second-round action on Saturday at Rome.

Below see all the second-round complete matches from Friday:

Alexander Zverev (2) beat Camilo Ugo Carabelli; 6-1, 6-1
Jack Draper (5) beat Luciano Darderi: 6-1, 6-4
Holger Rune (9) beat Francisco Comesana: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
Vilius Gaubas beat Denis Shapovalov (27): 6-3, 6-4
Vit Kopriva (Q) beat Sebastian Baez (32): 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
Corentin Moutet beat Ugo Humbert (21): 6-3, 4-0 ret.
Daniil Medvedev (10) beat Cameron Norrie (LL): 6-4, 6-2
Laslo Djere beat Alex Michelsen (31): 6-0, 6-3
Lorenzo Musetti (8) beat Otto Virtanen (Q): 6-3, 6-2
Stefanos Tsitsipas (18) beat Alexandre Muller: 6-2, 7-6 (3)
Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat Dusan Lajovic (Q): 6-3, 6-3
Alexei Popyrin (24) beat Carlos Taberner (Q): 6-1, 7-6 (4)
Arthur Fils (13) beat Tallon Griekspoor: 6-2, 6-2
Karen Khachanov (23) beat Roman Andres Burruchaga (Q): 6-4, 5-7, 6-1