Lorenzo Musetti played a fantastic match against Novak Djokovic in the fourth round of the Roland Garros when he conquered the first 2 sets. However, Novak Djokovic is a tennis legend that he is used to finding the solution also when he is not playing that well.
After getting a prolonged toilet break before the third set, Djokovic went back to the court completely regenerated and he crashed Musetti in the following 2 sets.
The Italian looked like he was unable to cope with the Serbian champion and eventually, he withdrew from the match when he was 4-0 down in the 5th.
It seemed as if the nineteen-year-old was not able to move well and there was the sensation that he had issues with his abdomen or groin. However, after the match, the Italian sensation admitted that he was not injured and he thought it was the best things to do to retire since he wasn’t able to win a single point anymore.
“No, no, no, it’s not an injury. It’s, well, just a little bit of cramps and a little bit of low back pain. I was not anymore able to win a point, and so was not really. I am grateful also for the crowd that was there, so I decided to retire.”
Lorenzo will play his next tournament in a couple of weeks in Majorca on grass.
Lorenzo Musetti in 2021
Now ranked 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 .
This year the Italian owns an overall 30-16 match record. Lorenzo Musetti’s most significant accomplishment of the current season was getting to the final in the Antalya Challenger and the Biella 2 Challenger.
Djokovic at the French Open, ranking, and results in 2021
Now ranked no.1, the Serbian owns a 24-3 match record in 2021. The Serbian is competing at the French Open where he managed to beat 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 clinched 2 titles in 2021 at the Australian Open and in Belgrade. The Serbian got to the final 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)
Lorenzo Musetti and Novak Djokovic fought against each other only once. The head to head 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.
You can watch the highlights in the following video.
Lorenzo Musetti and Novak Djokovic |
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