PARIS (FRANCE) (ITALPRESS) – A feat by Lorenzo Musetti, who beat Alexander Zverev and advanced to the semifinals of the men’s singles at the Paris2024 Games. The 22-year-old Tuscan, world No. 16 and No. 11 in the seeding, is the first Italian to reach the singles semifinals in a “real” Olympic tournament 100 years after the bronze medal won, also in Paris, in 1924 by Uberto De Morpurgo. Then they won medals but only “demonstrative” ones by Nicola Pietrangeli, Paolo Canè and Raffaella Reggi. Today the Italian defeated in the quarterfinals the top-ranked German, number 4 in the international ranking and third force on the scoreboard, with a score of 7-5 7-5. In the semifinals Musetti will face the winner of the challenge between Serbia’s Novak Djokovic, world number two and the tournament’s top favorite, and Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas, 11 in the Atp rankings and the eighth seed in the five-circle seeding.Also in the semifinals are Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini in the women’s doubles. The two Italians, third favorites in the seeding, won against Britain’s Katie Boulter and Heather Watson with a score of 6-3, 6-1.- Photo Ipa Agency – (ITALPRESS).
