Lorenzo Musetti has heaped admiration on Novak Djokovic following their 2024 Wimbledon Championship semifinal match. Musetti was amazed by Djokovic’s ability on grass, particularly his outstanding returning abilities.
Although Musetti had only triumphed once in his six previous meetings with the World No. 2, he acknowledged that he had never seen Djokovic perform at such a high level.
Speaking at the press conference after the match, Musetti praised the 24-time Grand Slam winner’s extraordinary skill on grass and highlighted his fortitude during the match’s pivotal moments.
Though many consider Djokovic to be the greatest returner in tennis history, the Italian player even called Djokovic’s return game a “joke” because of how well the Serb executed it.
Musetti stated his remarks about Djokovic and said: “As I was saying to his team in the locker, I think this was the seventh time that we were playing each other. I never faced a Nole like this. Today I was really impressed. Probably it was our first meeting on grass so I never faced him on grass but I think his tennis really fits very well on this surface.”
He added: “Especially how he returns, it’s like a kind of joke. Today was really a joke at the end about how he was returning. Of course, for the important points, he was playing really well. Especially in the second set at the end, I had chances to break him but he was serving really well. He deserved to win.”
Lorenzo Musetti in 2024
LWWWWWLWWW Currently the world no.25, the Italian played his last match on the 12th of July when he lost to world no.2 Novak Djokovic 6-4 7-6(2) 6-4 in the semifinal in Wimbledon (draw).
This season the Italian has achieved an overall 29-20 match record. Lorenzo Musetti’s best achievement of this season was getting to the final in the Cagliari Challenger, the Turin Challenger and London.
Novak Djokovic in 2024
LWWWWWWWWW Currently the world no.2, Djokovic played his last encounter on the 14th of July when he lost to world no.3 Carlos Alcaraz 6-2 6-2 7-6(4) in the final in Wimbledon (draw).
Currently, during this season Novak has achieved a composed 23-7 match record. Novak Djokovic’s latest run in Wimbledon was the best achievement of his season.
Lorenzo Musetti and Novak Djokovic faced off 7 times. Their current record is 6-1 for Djokovic. The last time they competed against each other, Novak Djokovic won 6-4 7-6(2) 6-4 in the semifinal in London (Wimbledon) on the 12th of July 2024.
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Lorenzo Musetti and Novak Djokovic |
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