By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Thursday August 1, 2024
With Jannik Sinner lacking the Olympics resulting from tonsillitis, hopes for the Italian males shifted to the shoulders of Lorenzo Musetti. The 22-year-old has not dissatisfied.
Musetti turned the primary Italian man or girl to achieve an Olympic singles semifinal since tennis returned to the Olympic Video games in 1988, defeating Alexander Zverev 7-5, 7-5 on Thursday in Paris.
A semifinalist at Wimbledon in July, Sixteenth-ranked Musetti hasn’t skipped a beat as he has returned to the clay and earned wins over Gael Monfils, Mariano Navone, Taylor Fritz and Zverev to set a semifinal towards both Novak Djokovic or Stefanos Tsitsipas.
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The second-ranked Italian man is trying extra like a High-10 expertise as of late, along with his all-court recreation flowing in all instructions.
He saved 4 of 5 break factors as he muscled previous the third-seeded German in two hours and 5 minutes. It was his first win over Zverev in two tries.
The Italian, who turned a father earlier this yr, has gained 21 of his final 26 matches courting again to the beginning of Roland-Garros.
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