Lorenzo Musetti was beaten by Novak Djokovic in the round of 16 of the Miami’s ATP Masters 1000 tournamentin Florida. N.16 in the world gave in two sets to the Serbian who won 6-2 6-2. The former number 1 in the world, now number 5 of the ATP ranking, was authoritative against Italian, who had dominated in the semifinals of the Paris Olympics last summer.
At 37, Djokovic is returning to Miami after being defeated in the opening games in Doha in February and then to Indian Wells. He did not reach the quarterfinals of the Florida tournament from the last of his three wins in 2016. Djokovic now only three wins to conquer the 100 title of his career are missing. In the next round he will face the American Sebastian Korda, who defeated the French veteran Gael Monfils.
Instead, the path of the other blue continues. The 27 -year -old American n.4 in the world Taylor Fritz will be Matteo Berrettini’s opponent in the quarterfinals of the tournament. The 28-year-old Roman n.30 in the world eliminated the 26-year-old Australian Alex de Minaur (n.11) in the round of 16 with a score of 6-3 7-6 (9/7), while Fritz eliminated the 25-year-old Australian Adam Walton (n.89) with the score 6-3 7-5.
In the WTA tournament, however, it is already a semifinal for Jasmine Paolini. The 29-year-old Tuscan N.6 in the world beat the 33-year-old Polish Magda Linette in the quarterfinals (n.34) with the score of 6-3 6-2. Paolini is the first Italian player to reach the last four places in Miami. His opponent in the semifinal is the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka number one in the world. Tuesday beat the Chinese Zheng Qinwen with a score of 6-2 7-5.