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From the feat against Alexander Zverev to the disappointment of the round of 16. Lorenzo Musetti bids farewell to the Masters 1000 in Paris, defeated by the Frenchman Luca Van Assche at the end of a battle that lasted two hours and 38 minutes. The host, starting from the qualifiers and supported by the crowd at the Défense Arena, won 7-5 3-6 6-4 and reached his first quarter-final in a tournament in this category. For the Tuscan, there remains the regret of a match which, after a complicated start, seemed to have changed direction between the end of the second set and the beginning of the third. The favorable precedent in Lyon was not enough, where two weeks earlier he had overcome the same opponent.
Musetti wastes, Van Assche wins the quarterfinals
In the decisive part the French resisted the pressure, coming back from 0-30 in both the second and fourth games. Musetti still has the opportunity to get ahead, but doesn’t take advantage of two break points in the eighth game. From 4-4 it was Van Assche who took control of the match, winning the last two games and finishing in front of the home crowd.
The Frenchman will now face Australian Rinky Hijikata, world number 83. For Musetti, however, a path that the victory over Zverev had filled with expectations is interrupted.
Berrettini stops: pain in his arm, Alcaraz ahead
The Italian day was also marked by the withdrawal of Matteo Berrettini, forced to give up the round of 16 match against Carlos Alcaraz due to an arm problem. «The pain in my arm that I’ve been carrying for a few days doesn’t allow me to do it. In the next few days I will do all the necessary investigations to better understand what it is. Thank you all for the support and affection you show me”, explained the Roman. Berrettini was chasing the fourth quarter-final of the season, after those achieved at Roland Garros and in the ATP 500 tournaments in Rio and Vienna. However, Alcaraz advances without playing, equaling his best result in the Parisian tournament.
Italy, the Davis Cup finals on the horizon
The Italian attention will shift to the Davis Cup at the end of the month, with the finals scheduled in Bologna from 24 to 29 November. Captain Filippo Volandri has called up Flavio Cobolli, Luciano Darderi and Musetti, together with the doubles pair formed by Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori. Berrettini is not on the list, but there is still time for possible changes. For the Roman, who has made an important contribution to the national team in recent editions, the next step will be the tests announced to clarify the nature of the pain.