The Tuscan tennis player managed to get through the second round after defeating the home tennis player in three sets.
Lorenzo Musetti’s race continues on the grass of Stuttgart. After beating the Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard yesterday, the Tuscan tennis player also managed to get the better of the home favorite, Dominik Koepfer, number 65 in the ATP ranking.
And so, the Italian displeased the local fans by defeating his German colleague in a comeback. Musetti had, in fact, lost the first set at the tie break, before managing to overturn his opponent, closing the match with the final result of 6-7(9) 7-6(5) 6-3.
Highlights Musetti-Koepfer
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During the first set, Musetti (number 30 in the world) continually gave the sensation, but in the end only that, to be able to make the decisive move. Proof of this is the three set balls he had at his disposal between the tenth and twelfth game. No way. Indeed, the Carrarese would then have wasted two more, thus handing the very long tie-break to his opponent.
Maximum balance also in the second set, with the two tennis players unable to break their opponent’s serve. And so, the epilogue came once again the tie-break which, this time, fell on the blue’s side. The great merit of the Tuscan, even in the third and decisive set, was that of keep the level of your tennis high thus managing to make the difference in ranking count.
