Lorenzo Musetti is the player of the moment in Acapulco and he wants to hit the headlines even more with his upcoming semifinal against Stefanos Tsitsipas.
The entertaining Italian started his run in Acapulco from the qualifications and it seemed he was extremely unlucky to have to play his first match in the main draw against Diego Schwartzman. Eventually, that was bad luck for the Argentine that lost in 3 sets. Later, Lorenzo repeated himself, defeating Frances Tiafoe and Grigor Dimitrov, playing 2 memorable matches.
Lorenzo will face Stefanos Tsitsipas for the first time on Friday. Talking about
“I feel that I really like winning and don’t like losing, so I try to stay focused even in the hard moments, and I think this is the key and the improvement that I made this month.
Tsitsipas is one of the biggest guys on tour. It’s really an honour to play with him. I think this week every day it’s something more special so let’s see tomorrow what happens.”
Musetti in Acapulco, ranking, and results in 2021
At the moment ranked no.120, Musetti has an overall 16-6 record in 2021. Lorenzo is playing at the moment in Acapulco where he overcame Juan Alejandro Hernandez 3-6 6-1 6-0, Agustin Velotti 6-3 7-5, Frederico Ferreira Silva 6-4 6-2, Diego Sebastian Schwartzman 6-3 2-6 6-4, Frances Tiafoe 2-6 6-3 7-61 and Grigor Dimitrov 6-4 7-63.
Lorenzo Musetti will take on Tsitsipas in the semifinal. In the past, they have never played each other till now in top tournaments.
Musetti was the runner-up in the Antalya Challenger and in the Biella 2 Challenger.
Tsitsipas in Acapulco, ranking, and results in 2021
Ranked no.5 (career-high), Tsitsipas owns a 13-3 win-loss record in 2021. The Greek is participating in Acapulco where he managed to beat Benoit Paire 6-3 6-1, John Isner 6-3 6-2 and Felix Auger Aliassime 7-5 4-6 6-3.
Tsitsipas won 5 titles in his career: 1 on clay courts and 4 on indoor courts. (See the list of his titles)