“Musetti has everything to become a great player” – Djokovic

Novak Djokovic has great words for Musetti after their French Open clash

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Novak Djokovic won an extremely tricky match against Lorenzo Musetti after being down 2 sets. The Serbian legend was really struggling to stay with the Italian in the first 2 sets. Eventually, Novak found his way and Musetti also succumbed to injury.

Novak and Lorenzo like to train together. The world no.1 commented:

“The experience is the best teacher. I wish Musetti all the best. We know each other quite well, he’s a nice guy. If he keeps going on this way, he will become a top player some day, he has everything.”

Djokovic at the French Open, ranking, and results in 2021

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Now ranked no.1, the Serbian has achieved a 24-3 match record in 2021. Djokovic is playing at the moment at the French Open where he toppled Tennys Sandgren 6-2 6-4 6-2, Pablo Cuevas 6-3 6-2 6-4, Richard Berankis 6-1 6-4 6-1 and Lorenzo Musetti 6-77 6-72 6-1 6-0 4-0 ret..

Novak Djokovic will play the world no.9 Matteo Berrettini in the quarter. Their actual head to head record is 1-0 for Djokovic.

The Serbian has won 2 titles in 2021 at the Australian Open and in Belgrade. The Serbian was the finalist in Rome (Internazionali BNL d’Italia).

Djokovic won 83 titles in his career: 48 on hard courts, 16 on clay courts, 13 on indoor courts and 6 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)

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Lorenzo Musetti in 2021

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Now the world no.76 (career-high), Lorenzo played his last match on the 7th of June when he had to retire when playing against world no.1 Novak Djokovic in the 4th round and the scoreline was 6-7(7) 6-7(2) 6-1 6-0 4-0 .

During this season Lorenzo achieved a 30-16 win-loss record. Lorenzo Musetti’s best result of this year was reaching the final in the Antalya Challenger and the Biella 2 Challenger.

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Novak Djokovic and Lorenzo Musetti faced off only once. Their record is 1-0 for Djokovic. When they played, Novak Djokovic won 6-7(7) 6-7(2) 6-1 6-0 4-0 ret. in the 4th round in Paris (French Open) on the 7th of June 2021.

Novak Djokovic and Lorenzo Musetti

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