MELBOURNE (AUSTRALIA) (ITALPRESS) – A great test by Lorenzo Musetti at the Australian Open, where he first hits the final quarters of the tournament. The carrarino beat American Taylor Fritz in three sets to the eighths with the score of 6-2, 7-5, 6-4 in two hours and four minutes of play. Now in the next round the challenge against Serbian Novak Djokovic, in turn passed to the quarters of the Australian slam without playing, thanks to the withdrawal of Czech Jakub Mensik. In the Italian morning on Jannik Sinner in derby with Luciano Darderi.
“I feel very proud and happy. I played many times with Fritz and the last time in Turin he won. I played with a different mindset today. The service worked very well, from this point of view I played one of my best games today”. So Lorenzo Musetti after the victory. “At the service I have improved so much, I try to be more aggressive with the right, use my variations to command the game, to open the field and command with the right. First – he added – I played too behind, I was a little passive in the exchange. Now I feel more energetic and aggressive, my coach always tries to push me into the game. When I finished the season in 2025, one of my goals was to start well on 2026. I had never spent the first week in Melbourne,” he concluded.
ANISIMOVA, RYBAKINA E PEGULA AI QUARTI
Amanda Anisimova, number 4 worldwide, beats 7-6(4) 6-4 Chinese Xinyu Wang, number 46 of the ranking, in the match of the eighth finals of the Australian Open women’s board. In the quarters the American will see it with Jessica Pegula (n.6) that in the US derby in the top 10 it is set on Madison Keys (n.9), outgoing champion, for 6-3 6-4. Elena Rybakina also smiles, serial number 5 head, which exceeds 6-1 6-3 Belgian Elise Mertens. Now the kazaka awaits the winner between Iga Swiatek (n.2) and Australian Maddison Inglis, number 168 of the ranking and surprise of this edition.
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