TORINO (ITALPRESS) – “My physical condition at this moment is good, I don’t know if because of the enthusiasm of the fresh news”. These are the first words of Lorenzo Musetti at the press conference on the eve of the debut in the Nitto Atp Finals in Turin, which tomorrow will see him challenge the American Taylor Fritz. An absolute first for him, arrived following the renunciation of Novak Djokovic, who projects the Italian in the round robin in singular. “It’s a goal that had begun to be tangible after the quarterfinals in New York because I had created a nice detachment from Felix (Auger-Aliassime, ndr), although then it proved not enough – said Musetti – It was nice for fans in general this final battle, the last month and a half was beautiful from a point of view of healthy rivalry, which eventually led both to qualify”. This year, Italy will have two tennis players in particular to cross the rackets in the frame of the Inalpi Arena in Turin. A few hours earlier, Musetti had been defeated in the Athens Atp 250 final by Novak Djokovic. “Arrived at this point of the season the physical and mental fatigue is felt for everyone, then of course everyone has his way and everyone has his way – comments the carrarino tennis player – I would have liked to get to an event like this with a week of training and more rested, but on the other hand having played excellent matches with a good level on a surface where I am growing so much, but it is not yet my favourite surface of Athens, here. Then you will begin to think about the goals of next year, but at this moment Musetti reiterated that “I just want to focus and enjoy what I went to get me, this is a really important week for me, I want to enjoy it and try to express my best tennis”. A path, what led him to play for the first time the Atp Finals, started from afar. “It was a very intense season finale and I went back maybe even too much to these Finals, I didn’t enjoy so much, maybe sometimes I mishandedly managed the pressures, maybe I put too much pressure in some tournaments because I wanted to do well to qualify.” On the fact that he had heard at the last of his participation directly from Djokovic, Musetti said: “There has never been any statement from him, the only statement he had made at the press conference was that he would say yes or no at the end of the tournament and so it was, he kept faith in what he had already announced, but there was never a leak of news, he told me on the net when he beat me.” – photo Ipa Agency – (ITALPRESS).
