By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Thursday Might 1, 2025
Lorenzo Musetti has been taking part in eye-catching tennis ever since he hit the tour in 2020. Subsequent week, he’ll do it as a member of the ATP’s High-10.
Musetti’s 6-4, 6-2 beatdown of Alex de Minaur despatched the Italian as much as No.9 within the ATP’s reside rankings and warranted him a spot within the High-10, which suggests the 23-year-old will develop into third youngest Italian man to ever obtain the feat, and the sixth Italian man in historical past to achieve the High-10
On Thursday he backed that win up with a 6-4 6-3 win over Gabriel Diallo to achieve the semifinals in Madrid.
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Musetti, who reached the semifinals at Wimbledon final 12 months, then gained bronze on the Paris Olympics, has gained 18 of his final 21 matches on clay, and has reached back-to-back Masters 1000 semifinals, after reaching the ultimate in Monte-Carlo in April.
The previous junior No.1 is 16-5 on the season, and at the moment as much as No.8 within the ATP reside rankings. He’ll face Jack Drapr in semifinal motion on Thursday in Madrid.