Lorenzo Musetti
The first two sets of the Monte-Carlo Masters final were classic chess matches. Lorenzo Musetti played a cleaner first set and won 6-3. Carlos Alcaraz cleaned up his game in the second set and won 6-1. Before the third set, fans were on their feet, applauding both players for the entertaining match thus far and […]
For those of us who thought the match of the Monte-Carlo Masters tournament was the quarterfinal between Arthur Fils and Carlos Alcaraz, we were wrong. It was the see-saw tug-of-war semifinal between Lorenzo Musetti and Alex de Minaur. Both men looked like they could win the match, and it was unclear who would pull through […]
Lorenzo Musetti personified resilience in his Monte-Carlo Masters quarterfinal match with three-time champion Stefanos Tsitsipas. A quick first set with Tsitsipas cruising along ended at 1-6 for Musetti. He did not give up. Musetti revamped, retooled, and began firing his shots, winning the second set 6-3. In the deciding third set, Musetti found a groove […]