Signs of life extinguished at the most beautiful. Lorenzo Musetti surrenders to Holger Rune in straight sets 6-2 7-6 and leaves Indian Wells and the American continent to return to Europe. In a few weeks Lorenzo will become a father and for this reason he decided not to participate in the Masters 1000 in Miami to remain close to his partner Veronica. In California the Carrarino will still stay to play doubles, then he will leave. Holger, who returned a few weeks ago with coach Mouratoglou after a series of attempts with other coaches including Boris Becker and Severin Luhti, seems to have found the thread of the conversation again after months of physical and technical problems.
Signs of life, we were saying, after a first set played really badly and lost 6-2 against the Danish number 7 in the world. In the second, however, Lorenzo always remained in the match and at a certain moment he seemed to have the situation in hand and take the match to the third set. Ephemeral hope: at the tie break, at 4-4, Rune lands a smash on the net and Muso can serve at 5-4. First he misses a forehand, giving the Dane the minibreak, then another error allows Holger to serve for the match. While Musetti wastes time and concentration to insult himself, calling himself “uncourageous”, the Dane with the ace takes home the tie break and a place in the round of 16 where the winner between Norrie and Monfils awaits. A real shame for the Italian who had brought home an important victory against Shapovalov, but he is still too fragile and restrained, especially on a mental level. A shame for such a talented young man but incapable in the last year of exploiting his extraordinary potential: he hasn’t won two matches in a row since the Chengdou tournament in September 2023. It is to be hoped that the return to clay and the energy of the paternity can shake him up allowing him to return to the top 20 in the world.
2024-03-11 20:08:38
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