ROMA (ITALPRESS) – Lorenzo Musetti in the final in the “Bank of China Tennis Open”, Atp 250 with a prize pool of 700.045 dollars, played on cement fields of Hong Kong. The blue, serial number 1 head was imposed on the Russian Andrey Rublev in remount and in three sets with the score of 6-7 (3), 7-5, 6-4 in 2 hours and 45 minutes of play. The Carrara tennis player will play the title with the winner of the second semifinal between Giron and Bublik. For Musetti the win also applies to the top five of the ranking.
Italy, therefore, has for the first time two players among the top 5 of the world in singular since 1973. He is the third Italian in Top 5 in the age of computerized ranking after Adriano Panatta, who joined the top 5 in the world on August 10, 1976, and Jannik Sinner, who first reached the Top 5 on October 2, 2023. Musetti, Supertennis underlines, climbs at 4.105 points, climbing Alex De Minaur, at 4.080 after the elimination of Australia in United Cup and is therefore sure to reach the Top 5 and the new best ranking.
Ex issue 1 junior, Musetti joined Top 20 in January 2023 and Top 10 in May 2025. Until now he had reached a best ranking of number 6, after the semifinal at Roland Garros last year. He began at the best 2026 of the carrarino who in Hong Kong pursues the third title Atp in a singular career, the first since 2022 when he surpassed Carlos Alcaraz in Bastad, in the younger final since 2005, and Berrettini in Naples.
“I had never played like this in Hong Kong.” Lorenzo Musetti comments on his performance. “Every time I lifted the level, Rublev did the same, but fortunately in the end I did it. I am proud of the level that I put in the field – his words in the immediate post-partite reported by Supertennis -. I will look at the semi-final, but I will try to rest, I am very happy to play two finals.” Musetti, in fact, will also be engaged in the double final, in pairs with Lorenzo Sonego, against Rublev/Khachanov or Kirkov/Stevens.
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