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Musetti can with uncertainty and with Medvedev in Rome

He is the first Italian to reach rooms in all 1000 clay masters in the same year

May 13, 2025

Montecarlo, Madrid and also Rome.

Lorenzo Musetti became Tuesday in the internali bnl d’Italia in the first Italian player in history that manages to present himself in the quarterfinals of all the 1000 Masters Masters on beaten land in the same season.

The eighth head of the series in Rome registered this new milestone in front of its audience, in the Grand Stand Arena, where it exceeded a complicated fourth round duel marked by the rain to favorite No. 10 and champion in 2023, Daniil Medvedev, by 7-5, 6-4 in an hour and 39 minutes.

This result confirms the great moment of form and confidence that the 23 -year -old Italian is going through, who arrived at the ATP Masters 1000 of his country with the Montecarlo final and the semifinals of Madrid as guarantees. And in Rome its fifth presence in the quarterfinals of a tournament in this category has already been secured.

Italians with more presences in CF in an ATP Masters 1000

Jannik Sinner: 15
Fabio Fognini: 8
Filippo Volandri: 5
Lorenzo Musetti: 5
Matteo Berrettini: 4
Andrea Gaudenzi: 4

Since he advanced for the first time to the quarterfinals in Paris-Beber 2022, he managed to repeat in Montecarlo 2023, but it has been in 2025 where he has taken a step forward in his level in Masters 1000 territory. His great performance on whipped land has allowed him to wear this week the highest position of his career at the PIF ATP Rankings as No. 9 of the world.

Musetti retains an imposing record since last July on whipped land, with 21 victories in 25 games, highlighting the bronze medal at the Paris Olympic Games, as well as the final in Montecarlo.

To continue expanding his streak, the Italian had to overcome a battle with a lot of suspense. And is that his fourth round match against Medvedev was interrupted up to two occasions. The first, anecdotal, with 1-2 on the scoreboard. But the most important occurred at 16:38 (local time), when the clock marked an hour and 38 minutes.

At that time, when the umbrellas began to open at full speed in the stands, Musetti signed an epic stamp in the rain, placing themselves with a party point in their favor with 7-5, 5-4, 40/30. However, the fury with which he downloaded the sky on the beaten earth of the Italic forum forced the chair judge to stop the match.

Three hours later waiting in the locker room, Musetti returned to complete the work. Less than a minute cost him to seal the match in his first match point and just the first of the match after a new resumption.

Now, in Rome, with Jannik Sinner in becoming the first local champion since in 1976 Adriano Pannatta got it. But first must overcome in the quarterfinals to the standard head No. 2 Alexander Zverev, who comes from beating the Frenchman Arthur Fils with partials of 7-6 (3), 6-1.

The current champion came to break up on the first set before facing multiple Break Points in 5-5. But once he won the tiebreaker he found no obstacle. Now he will look for revenge against Musetti, who leads 2-1 the Lexus ATP Headtohead between them.

Did you know what …?
Lorenzo Musetti has won 19 of the 20 games he has played on beaten land in front of classified players outside the Top 10 since the beginning of Roland Garros last year, losing only with No. 37 Francisco closing it in the umag final.