Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti has criticized the French spectators for their conduct during his 2024 Paris Olympics first-round match against France’s Gael Monfils. On Sunday, Musetti won in straight sets to progress.
The victory of Musetti was not celebrated by the French audience present, as Monfils, the local favourite, fell out. But Musetti said after the game that the Parisians had treated him disrespectfully from the beginning.
Musettti told the media after the match: “I didn’t like all those boos when I entered the pitch, these are things I don’t like because I like healthy values such as respect. I understand the cheering, but the boos at the entrance to the pitch seemed exaggerated to me. After the victory then, I pointed to the emblem of Italy to make it clear that we were also there and wanted to win. Today, I won on the field, which is the most important thing.”
Next up for Musetti is Mariano Navone of Argentina, who won the first round 6-2, 6-2 over Nuno Borges of Portugal, who was playing well. Although he hasn’t faced Navone on the ATP Tour yet, the two recently faced off in the Cagliari final of the challenger’s circuit.
Musetti in Paris, ranking, and results in 2024
WLWWWLWWWW At the moment ranked no.17, Lorenzo achieved a 33-21 match record in 2024. Musetti is now playing in Paris where he managed to beat the world no.30 Gael Monfils 6-1 6-4.
Lorenzo Musetti will play the world no.36 Mariano Navone in the 2nd round. Their actual record is 1-0 for Navone.
Musetti was the finalist in the Cagliari Challenger, in the Turin Challenger, in London (cinch Championships) and in Umag (Plava Laguna Croatia Open).
Gael Monfils in 2024
Ranked world no.30, Gael played his last match on the 28th of July when he was overcome by world no.17 Lorenzo Musetti 6-1 6-4 in the 1st round in Paris (draw).
At the moment, during this season the French player has managed to achieve a compiled 18-16 win-loss record. Gael Monfils’s best achievement of the present year was reaching the semifinal in Doha and Mallorca.
Gael won 12 titles in his career: 3 on hard courts, 1 on clay courts and 8 on indoor courts. (See the list of his titles)
Lorenzo Musetti and Gael Monfils clashed against each other 3 times. Their head to head is 2-1 for Musetti. The last time they squared off, Lorenzo Musetti won 6-1 6-4 in the 1st round in Paris (Olympics) on the 28th of July 2024.
Lorenzo Musetti and Gael Monfils |
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