HONG KONG (CINA) (ITALPRESS) – Lorenzo Musetti is defeated in the final of the “Bank of China Tennis Open”, Atp 250 with a prize pool of 700.045 dollars that took place in cement fields in Hong Kong. The 23-year-old carrarino tennis player, number 1 and seventh of the world ranking, surrendered to the kazako Alexander Bublik, second seeding force and 11th in the Atp ranking, with the score of 7-6(2) 6-3, aged in an hour and 39 minutes of play.
The blue, which complained about problems at the right arm during the meeting, “consoled” with a further climb into the Atp ranking: from tomorrow, thanks to the success of yesterday in the semifinal against the Russian Rublev, will rise to number 5, its best ranking. Bublik, instead, for the first time in career will enter the top 10.
MUSETTI “SPERIAMO CHE LA PROSSIMA SIA QUELLA BUONA”
“It’s not easy to talk after a defeat, especially after a final.” Lorenzo Musetti began during the award ceremony of the ATP250 in Hong-Kong. “First congratulations Alexander, not only for today but for the wonderful season you had last year and you could not start better this year – he continued the blue turning to the kazako – I want to thank the organization that made possible all this and that every year does everything to continue to improve, it is a pleasure to come back here. And then thanks to my team and my family who constantly support me. We have played many finals in the last three years, unfortunately we have not raised any trophy and hope that the next one is the right one”.
“Even I have lost so many endings and I know how it feels – said the Kazako Bublik at the trophy’s delivery addressing Musetti – But this will lead you to live important moments in your career, I’m sure and I wish the best to you and your team. A very important title will come soon for you, I’m sure and you deserve it. For me this is not a title like another, it is a success that makes me enter top10 and for this will always have a special place in my heart. If at the beginning of my career or even last year you had told me that I would be able to enter the top ten of the world I would not have believed you and for this reason Hong-Kong will always remain a special place for me”.
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