Daniel Evans lost a tough match against Lorenzo Musetti last week in Cagliari when he was not able to convert 4 match points. However, things got much better in Monte Carlo, where the British player defeated the world number 1, Novak Djokovic, with a straight-sets win.
After the match during the press conference, Evans was asked to elaborate about his match against Musetti. The world number 33 had a rather straightforward answer to criticize the Italian for his behavior.
“Last week, he said some things in the Italian press about me that was disrespectful. Musetti, if he apologizes, I will answer. He’s a good tennis player, but he’s got no manners,” said Evans.
“He [Musetti] played very well last week. I wasn’t good enough. I didn’t take the match points. Yeah, it’s just tennis. Yeah, he could do with learning some manners.”
Evans in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, ranking, and results in 2021
Now ranked no.33, Evans has achieved a composed 9-5 match record in 2021. Evans is playing at the moment in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters where he beat Dusan Lajovic 6-3 6-711 6-2, Hubert Hurkacz 6-4 6-1 and Novak Djokovic 6-4 7-5.
Daniel Evans will square off with the world no.15 David Goffin in the quarter on Friday at 1:30 pm on COURT RAINIER III. The head to head is 1-0 for Evans.
Evans conquered 1 title in 2021 in Melbourne.
Lorenzo Musetti in 2021
Ranked no.84 (career-high), the Italian played his last match on the 12th of April when he was defeated by world no.29 Aslan Karatsev 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters (draw).
At present, during this year the Italian achieved a compiled 20-10 record. Lorenzo Musetti’s best performance of the present season was reaching the final in the Antalya Challenger and the Biella 2 Challenger.
Musetti received a wild card for the main draw in Barcelona where Daniel Evans will be seeded.
Daniel Evans and Lorenzo Musetti fought against each other just once. Their actual head to head record is 1-0 for Musetti. When they played, Lorenzo Musetti won 6-1 1-6 7-6(8) in the 2nd round in Cagliari (Sardegna Open) on the 8th of April 2021.
You can see them in action in the following highlights.
