By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Thursday August 1, 2024
With Jannik Sinner lacking the Olympics as a result of tonsillitis, hopes for the Italian males shifted to the shoulders of Lorenzo Musetti. The 22-year-old has not dissatisfied.
Musetti grew to become the primary Italian man or lady to succeed in 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 in opposition to both Novak Djokovic or Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Lorenzo Musetti has been ON FIRE 🔥#Paris2024 #Olympics #tennis pic.twitter.com/dicWoLEeeR
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) August 1, 2024
The second-ranked Italian man is wanting extra like a Prime-10 expertise lately, together with his all-court sport flowing in all instructions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cw-FTukoLZk
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 grew to become a father earlier this 12 months, has gained 21 of his final 26 matches courting again to the beginning of Roland-Garros.