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ATP Athens: Musetti Wins, Climbs Masters Qualification Ranking

by Alex Carter - Sports Editor November 8, 2025

written by Alex Carter - Sports Editor

Djokovic too Face Musetti in Athens Final, Pursues Record-Breaking title

Athens, Greece ‌ – Novak Djokovic will compete for the ATP 250 title in Athens on Saturday, after a hard-fought victory that sets him within reach of another ‌milestone in his decorated career.He will face Lorenzo Musetti, who overcame‍ a ⁣challenging semi-final match against sebastian Korda to secure his place in the‍ final.

Musetti secured‍ his spot after defeating Korda 6-0, 5-7, 7-5 ⁤in a 2-hour‍ and 19-minute battle. The ‌Italian faced a match point on his ⁣own serve‍ at 5-4 in the deciding set, but saved it with an ace and ultimately broke Korda to close out the match.

“I was⁤ a ‌break behind ‍in the ⁣second set but I kept my composure, I didn’t allow myself to be ⁣too hard on myself. And it worked well!” Musetti said after the match.

A win for⁤ Musetti would propel him into the‍ eighth and final qualifying spot for the Turin Masters, scheduled for November 9-16. He would overtake Félix Auger-Aliassime in the rankings.

Djokovic, currently ranked 9th in the world, is seeking his 101st‌ career title. He lost ⁤the Miami⁣ Masters 1000 final‍ in March to Jakub Mensik (19th) and won the ATP 250 title in Geneva in May against Hubert Hurkacz (formerly 6th, currently 78th). Should he win on Saturday, he⁣ will be two titles behind Roger Federer’s 103 and eight behind jimmy Connors’ record‌ of 109.

Djokovic has historically⁤ dominated Musetti, winning eight of their nine previous encounters. The final promises a compelling clash as Musetti aims to defy those⁤ odds and secure both the athens title and a place in the prestigious Turin Masters.

November 8, 2025 0 comments

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Duel for gold: Djokovic follows Alcaraz into the final

by Chief editor of world-today-news.com August 2, 2024

written by Chief editor of world-today-news.com

Novak Djokovic is still one step away from his first Olympic victory, but young star Carlos Alcaraz is hoping for the next coup this year.

Grand Slam record champion Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz will play for tennis gold in a rematch of the Wimbledon final at Roland Garros on Sunday. Djokovic followed the young Spanish star into the final with a 6:4, 6:2 win over Alexander Zverev’s conqueror Lorenzo Musetti from Italy and is aiming for his first Olympic victory. Alcaraz stormed into the final 54 days after his triumph at the same venue at the French Open with a 6:1, 6:1 win over the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime.

Djokovic (37) gets the chance to take revenge for the lost final at the grass classic in London. Despite his ongoing knee problems, the Serbian tennis star fought his way into an Olympic singles final for the first time ever in a great atmosphere on the packed Court Philippe Chatrier. In 2008 he won bronze, in 2021 he lost in the semifinals to the eventual Olympic champion Zverev and finished fourth.

Alcaraz, on the other hand, is on the verge of his next big triumph this year. In the summer, the world number three already won the Grand Slams in Paris and Wimbledon. In the Olympic doubles, he was knocked out in the quarterfinals alongside Rafael Nadal. “Since the beginning of the year, the goal has been to win gold, now it’s just one match. I want to have fun in the final and get the job done,” said Alcaraz.

After Jordi Arrese in Barcelona in 1992, Sergi Bruguera in Atlanta in 1996 and Nadal, who won gold in Beijing in 2008, Alcaraz is the fourth Spaniard to reach the Olympic singles final. There, the 21-year-old can become the youngest champion since the sport returned to the Olympic program in Seoul in 1988. “The final will be a very special moment in my life and career,” said Alcaraz.

Djokovic, who also defeated Musetti in the semi-finals of Wimbledon, would become only the second player after Andre Agassi to have achieved all the major singles successes with an Olympic victory: number one in the world rankings, victories in the four Grand Slam tournaments, victory in the ATP Finals, gold at the Olympics. Roger Federer only won Olympic gold in doubles, Nadal never won the ATP Finals.

August 2, 2024 0 comments

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Djokovic comes again towards Musetti and qualifies for the spherical of 16 at Roland Garros

by Chief editor of world-today-news.com June 5, 2024

written by Chief editor of world-today-news.com

Paris. Novak Djokovic, world #1 and present Roland Garros champion, survived this Saturday late at evening the momentum of the Italian Lorenzo Musetti (N.30) to beat him 7-5, 6-7 (6/8), 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 and qualify for the spherical of 16.

In an evening session that began two hours late because of the rescheduling of a match on courtroom Philippe Chatrier as a consequence of rain, the person of the 24 Grand Slams was compelled to present his finest to keep away from what would have been its worst outcome on this event since 2009, after 4 and a half hours of play.

Djokovic bit first, scoring the primary set, however Musetti managed to get again into the match after a decent tie-break within the second set and knocked out the Serbian onerous within the third.

Nonetheless, within the fourth set the Italian misplaced his serve as much as thrice, giving ‘Nole’ air and sending the match to a definitive fifth set, by which the Serbian confirmed his most devastating model, with out giving up a single recreation. , and shutting the sport when it was already previous three within the morning (native time).

Musetti was on the verge of repeating the feat within the third spherical of the Monte Carlo Masters 1000 in 2023, by which he beat the Serbian.

Each tennis gamers additionally had a historical past on the Parisian clay courtroom, within the spherical of 16 in 2021, a match by which Musetti led by 2 units to 0 however by which he needed to retire within the fifth as a consequence of harm, after ‘ Djoko’ would have equalized.

Within the subsequent spherical, Djokovic will face the Argentine Francisco Cerúndolo (N.27), who eradicated the American Tommy Paul (N.12) hours earlier than.

In flip, the Argentine Tomás Martín Etcheverry, quantity 29 on the planet, was eradicated after dropping 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 and 6-2 towards the Norwegian Casper Ruud (N.7), finalist the final two editions and who will search a ticket to the quarterfinals towards the American Taylor Fritz (N.12), who in flip beat the Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis.

In males’s doubles, the Mexican Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela and his associate Narayanaswamy Sriram Balaji, from India, superior to the third spherical by defeating the Frenchmen Dan Added and Theo Arribage 6-4, 3-6 and 6-2 .

#Djokovic #Musetti #qualifies #Roland #Garros
– 2024-06-05 12:51:21

June 5, 2024 0 comments

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Gaël Monfils stops within the second spherical of Roland-Garros

by Chief editor of world-today-news.com May 30, 2024

written by Chief editor of world-today-news.com

As for its first spherical, the organizers had chosen the assembly of Gaël Monfils, against Lorenzo Musetti (22 years previous, seeded n° 30), because the poster for the “night time session” this Thursday. There was match, but it surely lasted a set, barely extra. As much as 5-5 within the first set, the 2 males had been evenly matched, then the remaining got here all the way down to the Italian going it alone, aligning the video games to unfold (7-5, 6-1, 6-4) in 2 hours 10 minutes.

On a Philippe-Chatrier courtroom gained over to his trigger, the Frenchman (thirty seventh on the planet) made a perfect begin. Extraordinarily diligent, he maneuvered his opponent with out placing an excessive amount of effort, with minimal waste, making the choice in a number of strokes of the racket, not hesitating to come back and end on the internet. This allowed him to interrupt away 4-2, earlier than being caught after which making one other break at 5-4. His subsequent service recreation, peppered with unforced errors (together with two double faults), constituted a turning level. The mechanics went flawed for no obvious cause, the Parisian made one other double fault and two backhand faults to supply the set to Musetti (7-5).

With out insanity

The Italian gained confidence and altered technique. He understood the good thing about having Monfils do the windshield wiper and he started to search for the angles, to elongate the rallies, earlier than sprinkling every thing with well-hit drop photographs. Monfils was to not be outdone and this triggered an astonishing battle of drop photographs, largely gained on factors by the Italian who managed an incalculable variety of them. Missing liveliness in his actions, ahead but additionally lateral, the previous “Sliderman” was capable of measure the fifteen years that separate him from his youthful brother and he by no means discovered the answer. Musetti took the lead and Monfils solely suffered to concede the 2nd set 6-1.

In the beginning of the third, the Frenchman had a burst of satisfaction. He invited the viewers to get excited, started placing weight on his ball once more and adopting tight trajectories. Everybody held their serve, with out alert, with out insanity, till 4-4. Musetti then took benefit of some unforced errors, once more, to interrupt and end in stride, 6-4. Persevering with a sluggish clay courtroom season, Monfils didn’t carry out a miracle. He’ll let Musetti face Novak Djokovic within the third spherical. A poster that may have been worthy of an evening session.

May 30, 2024 0 comments

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Debut for Italy in Davis Cup against Reigning Champions Canada: Live Match Updates and Streaming

by Chief editor of world-today-news.com September 13, 2023

written by Chief editor of world-today-news.com

Debut for Italy in the group stage of the Davis Cup. In Bologna the opponent is reigning champion Canada. He opens Sonego against Galarneau (blue down a set to zero), then Musetti-Diallo. In doubles Bolelli and Vavassori against Pospisil and Galarneau. So Shapovalov, who hasn’t played since Wimbledon, is out. The match live on Sky Sport Uno, Sky Sport Tennis and in streaming su NOWon our live blog news and updates

THE GUIDE TO THE DAVIS CUP

2023-09-13 14:39:08
#ItalyCanada #LIVE #Sonego #Galarneu #Sky #Sport

September 13, 2023 0 comments

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Hubert Hurkacz Dominates Lorenzo Musetti in Wimbledon Third Round

by Chief editor of world-today-news.com July 8, 2023

written by Chief editor of world-today-news.com

THIS IS HOW WE REPORTED THE GAME OF HURKACZ WITH MUSETTIM IN EUROSPORT.PL

During the previous Grand Slam tournament at Roland Garros, the Wroclawian got used to long, five-set duels. This is how all three meetings with his participation ended. The grass courts at Wimbledon are different. Both matches – with the British Jan Choinski and the Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas – the Pole settled in three sets.

His Friday rival also had no problems in the previous two rounds, and in addition he could boast of a better balance (2-1) of direct matches with Hurkacz. The only victory that the Pole won was two years ago in the first round of Wimbledon. This could have been a good omen ahead of Friday’s match.

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Hubert Hurkacz at Wimbledon 2023 (source: Getty Images)

13 HOURS AGO

Wasted chances, then Hurkacz’s peace

The beginning was very tight. Both players were confidently winning their passes. Only in the ninth game, for the first time in this match, there was a balance, and then a break point, which also meant a set point for Hurkacz. In total, he had two chances to finish the first game, but Musetti managed to defend himself. The result was a tie-break.

The inhabitant of Wrocław started it splendidly. After a service ace, he took a 4-1 lead, and after another point, the Tuscan angrily kicked the ball into the stands, for which he received a warning from the referee. Although from 1-6 he managed to score three points, but then he slipped on the court and did not make it to the easy ball, pierced by Hurkacz. Our tennis player could breathe a sigh of relief.

Hubert Hurkacz at Wimbledon 2023

Foto: Getty Images

The second set started similarly to the first, with the difference that in the third game the Pole had two break points. This time he took advantage of the first opportunity that came his way. The other thing is that the Italian had only himself to blame – first he made a double service fault, and then he made a terrible volley at the net. He followed suit shortly after, extending the lead to 3-1. The aforementioned break turned out to be crucial in this set, because Hurkacz served very well until the end and did not let the win be taken away from him. He closed the game with a score of 6:4.

In the third set, the Wroclawian attacked with vigor from the first balls. This surprised the serving rival and after a few minutes he could enjoy another break. It was the perfect opening for the party. After that, the competition went on as usual. Hurkacz confidently scored points with his serve, and the Italian had to work hard to keep his application.

The match went on in this way to 5:4 for Hurkacz. Then the Pole served to win the duel in three sets. Unexpectedly, some problems appeared at this point, because the Italian scored three break points. Our player, however, kept his cool, got out of trouble and confidently ended the match.

In the 1/8 finals, the Wroclawian will play with the defending champion Novak Djokovic from Serbia.

Wimbledon third round match result:

Lorenzo Musetti (Italy, 14) vs. Hubert Hurkacz (Poland, 17) 6:7 (4-7), 4:6, 4:6

(lukl, you give/TG)

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Hurkacz quickly settled the matter. He’s in the next round

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Hubert Hurkacz learned the time of the match. He’ll come out first

05/07/2023, 15:11

2023-07-07 22:09:00
#Hurkacz #rushes #Wimbledon #perfect #balance

July 8, 2023 0 comments

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