The rain saves Lorenzo Musetti in the debut match at the “Boss Open”, ATP 250 tournament with a prize pool of 692,235 euros which is being played on the grass fields of Stuttgart, Germany, one of the two events (the other is s’-Hertogenbosch) that inaugurate the tennis season on the lawns.
The 20 year old from Carrara, n.57 ATP, fresh from the success in the Challenger on the land of Forlì last week, is busy with Georgian Nikoloz BasilashviliNo. 26 in the ranking and fifth favorite in seeding: the match was interrupted by rain and postponed to Wednesday with the 30-year-old from Tbilisi ahead 75 4-2 (30-0).
Monday buon the first for Lorenzo Sonego: i27 year old from Turin, 32 in the ranking and sixth favorite in seeding, beat 75 62, in an hour and 17 minutes of the game, the French Benoit Pair, n.80 ATP.
In the second round – Wednesday – the Piedmontese will find the German Jan-Lennard Struff on the other side of the net, 103 of the ranking, on the scoreboard thanks to a wild card, never faced in his career. The 32-year-old from Warstein in Stuttgart boasts the semifinal of 2019, stopped by Berrettini then winner of the tournament.
As for Sonego on the grass, that of Antalya in 2019 (canceling a match-point to the Serbian Kecmanovic in the final), the Piedmontese won his first ATP trophy.
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