Lorenzo Musetti has just ended a remarkable run at the recent French Open where he lost in the 4th round. The upcoming Italian displayed incredible tennis when facing Novak Djokovic in his last match in Paris. Eventually, Lorenzo lost after he retired in the 5th set. However, he impressed his fans when he won the first 2 sets playing a tennis out of this world and putting the world number 1 in a very awkward position.
Lorenzo Musetti decided to take a break before starting the grass-court season. In the meantime, the 19-year-old got the vaccine for the covid-19.
Lorenzo may play his next tournament in Mallorca (21st of June).
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Lorenzo Musetti in 2021
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 .
At the moment, during this season Lorenzo has achieved a 30-16 record. Lorenzo Musetti’s best performance of the current season was reaching the final in the Antalya Challenger and the Biella 2 Challenger.
Djokovic at the French Open, ranking, and results in 2021
Ranked no.1, Novak has a composed 25-3 record in 2021. Djokovic is currently playing at the French Open where he bested Tennys Sandgren 6-2 6-4 6-2, Pablo Cuevas 6-3 6-2 6-4, Richard Berankis 6-1 6-4 6-1, Lorenzo Musetti 6-77 6-72 6-1 6-0 4-0 ret. and Matteo Berrettini 6-3 6-2 6-75 7-5.
Novak Djokovic will play the world no.3 Rafael Nadal in the semifinal. Their head to head is 29-28 for Djokovic.
Novak clinched 2 titles in 2021 at the Australian Open and in Belgrade. Djokovic 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 squared off only on 1 occasion. 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.
You can watch the highlights in the following video.
