Winning debut for Lorenzo Musetti in the Sardinia Open . The Carrarino, credited with the second seed, beats the Argentine Juan Manuel Cerundolo 7-6(4), 7-6(4) in a match disturbed by the rain and snatches the pass to the quarter-finals of the ATP 175 Challenger currently taking place on the clay courts of Tc Cagliari.
At the start, Lorenzo gets up to 4-2, but is caught again. At 6-6, to increase the pathos, there is also rain: everyone in the locker room. The Italian comes out more ready, immediately going 4-1. Cerundolo (member of the host club) tries, comes back 4-3, but it's not enough: at the second set point Musetti closes 7-4. On the momentum, the second set is an Italian monologue, with Carrara going up 5-1. The South American left-handed player isn't up for it and puts all his "race" into play, bringing himself back into contact: 5-5. Break and counterbreak at zero and it's another tiebreak: and Musetti wins again 7-4.
It was " a Lorenzo in spurts, good, who hit the ball well ", declared Carrarino at the end of the match. « In certain situations it wasn't easy to take stock and this, as we saw, made me nervous . It's a victory that's good for morale and for my tennis, hoping that tomorrow will be a better match."
And tomorrow, for the quarterfinals, the Italian will challenge the Portuguese Nuno Borges , number 7 in the seeding, who beat the Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka 6-3, 6-7(3), 6-3. «I hope that tomorrow I can win my revenge at Estoril», comments Musetti, recalling last month's defeat.
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Sardinia Open: good debut for Musetti, beaten Cerundolo with two tiebreaks
Carrarino secures the pass for the quarter-finals of the ATP 175 Challenger of Tc Cagliari