Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori beat Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool in straight sets in the match valid for the «Peter Fleming» group of the ATP Finals which started today in Turin.
Very interesting match for the Azzurri, who beat the British Wimbledon champions in two sets, 7-5 6-3 and number 1 in the world rankings. After a complicated opening game, with four break points cancelled, in fact, the Italian tennis players have progressively risen in level, taking advantage of the space “granted” to the serve especially by Glasspool, who was very imprecise today, and taking home a success that increases confidence in view of the next matches in the round robin.
Lorenzo Musetti meanwhile arrives at the ATP Finals “in good shape”, full of enthusiasm and with the desire to express his “best tennis”. «I want to concentrate and enjoy what I got», relaunches the tennis player from Carrara, who arrived at the Turin tournament after the defeat in Athens against Novak Djokovic, whose withdrawal however opened the doors to the draw of the 8 best in the world. And the very fact of having this match in his legs and in his head is a possible advantage for him. «Obviously – he says – I would have liked to arrive at an event like this with a week of training, perhaps more rested, but on the other hand the fact of having played excellent matches, with a good level on a surface where I am growing a lot and which however is not yet my favourite, is positive. I think that having played a match of that level did me a lot of good, also for my confidence on the pitch. And Nole’s words, about the fact that he saw many of my improvements on this surface, also gratified me.” An objective, that of the Finals, which for the Italian had begun «to be tangible – he says – in the quarter-finals in New York, because I had created a good gap from Felix (Auger-Aliassime. ed.), even if it proved not to be enough. But it was nice, even for the fans, to see this final battle, a healthy rivalry that ultimately led to both of us qualifying. Which I think is the most beautiful thing.” Musetti then admits that «it was a very, very intense season finale. I perhaps chased these Finals too much and, for one thing or another, I didn’t enjoy many things. Maybe I also handled the pressure badly at times or maybe I put too much pressure on myself in certain tournaments to necessarily want to do well to qualify”, he adds, explaining that he hasn’t yet had the opportunity “to think about next year”. “Now – he reiterates – I just want to enjoy this, which is a really important week for me.” And also about the future of his team he limits himself to saying «at this moment it’s what you know, if I have news or changes I will inform you myself. Not today.”