Holger Rune’s fall in four rounds during the evening session, Lorenzo Musetti qualified for the first quarter-final of Roland-Garros in his career.
This time, it’s good for Lorenzo Musetti. Beaten by Novak Djokovic in 2021 then Carlos Alcaraz in 2023, the native of Carrara passed the head of the round of 16 Roland-Garros at the expense of Holger Rune. The Italian started the meeting foot on the floor, taking the Danish service from the very first game. An advantage that the world number 7 has passed very close to amplifying, missing a double break ball. Which woke up Holger Rune. Indeed, the 10th player in the world replied to erase its break late and pick up two games everywhere.
If the debates then balanced, The end of this first round was more indecisive with two unhappy players at the service. Thus, the Danish lost his commitment twice in a row, taking that of Lorenzo Musetti in the meantime. A sequence that did the business of the Transalpine, able to conclude the set on his commitment when he led six games to five. UIt was only sufficient to see the seeded number 8 of the tournament take the devants. The second started on a much less sustained pace. Thus, the two players were solid at the service of five games. It was at this time that Holger Rune was able to use Lorenzo Musetti’s weak time to take his service at the second break ball.
Mushers on the museum rune
An advantage that turned out to be definitive for the DanishWho waited to hire to return to a round everywhere on his first set ball. A scenario that was not to the taste of the Italian, which started the third round drum round. He immediately put Holger Rune pressure under pressure and made him crack on his first visit to the service. The 7th in the ATP ranking was able to quickly lead three games to nothing and do the race in mind. Never worried about his commitment, he left the games scrolling until the time to take up the ascendancy in this meeting.
A single set ball was sufficient to allow Lorenzo Musetti to get a little closer to the quarter -finals of the French internationals in France. Holger Rune’s difficulties have amplified when he lost his service from the first game of the fourth set. Again unable to find a flaw in his opponent, the world 10th had to resist to keep a thin hope of reverse the trend. Except that Lorenzo Musetti was intractable when the opportunity to corsic the addition arose. The result was a second break allowing him to lead four games to one.
Concluding the meeting will have been a formality for the Transalpin, with the second match ball on its service which was sufficient (7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 in 3h21 ‘). For a place in the last square, he will find this Tuesday the American Frances Tiafoe, who had to fight three heats against Daniel Altmaier (6-3, 6-4, 7-6 in 2h20 ‘).
