Beautiful victories for the two Azzurri against the Monte Urpinu power plant
CAGLIARI. Fly Lorenzo Musetti, at the Sardinia Open in Cagliari. The blue tennis player (19 years old) won in the round of 16 against the English Daniel Evans, number 32 in the world, in three sets (1-6, 6-1, 7-6).
At the TC Cagliari center at the tie break of the third set Musetti found himself 4 to 0 and then 6 to 3. But he managed first to reach the opponent and then to place the decisive shot of 10 to 8 with a damping. On the third set Musetti had had the match point, but canceled by his rival. “I entered the tie break badly – the tennis player from Carrara, born in 2002 said at the end of the match – because I still had the failed match point in mind. Then I recovered: the tie break is a lottery. Obviously it is destiny that I have to fight like this. . Today good with the serve and the damped “. Musetti had a rocket start with a 6-1 that suggested a walk. But in the second set Evans changed tactics and Musetti, displaced, was given back the initial 6-1. Then the third set very balanced until the tie break. The day for the Azzurri had started badly with the elimination of Cecchinato, liquidated in two sets (7-5, 6-1) by the German Hanfmann.
The brothers Matteo and Jacopo Berrettini took care of the morning in the doubles: in the semifinal thanks to the 7-6, 6-3 against the Huey-Nielsen couple. Another “half” blue victory with the double Italian-Argentine with Simone Bolelli flanked by the South American Molteni: 6-0, 6-2 with the few inspired Americans Fritz and Paul.