The singles quarterfinals of the men’s tennis <a href="https://www.archysport.com/2022/04/padel-a-boom-reaches-austria/" title="Padel: A boom reaches Austria“>Erste Bank Open (Vienna, Austria, indoor hard, ATP500) were held on the 25th, with 1st seed A. Zverev (Germany) competing against 6th seed L. Musetti (Italy). They were defeated 6-2, 6-7 (5-7), 4-6 and were eliminated from the quarterfinals, failing to advance to the top four.
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This will be the second year in a row for Zverev, who is 27 years old and is ranked third in the world, to participate in the main tournament. He won the championship in 2021. In this tournament, J. Schwerzler (Austria), ranked 347th in the world, entered as a wild card (recommended by the organizer) in the first round, and defeated M. Giron (USA), ranked 48th in the world, in the second round, advancing to the quarterfinals. Ta.
On the other hand, Musetti, who is ranked 17th in the world, defeated L. Sonego (Italy), who is ranked 49th in the world, in the first round, and advanced to the quarterfinals in the second round due to the withdrawal of G. Monfils (France), who is ranked 52nd in the world.
This is the third time the two have faced each other, and they enter this match with one win and one loss.
In the first set, Zverev suddenly succeeded in breaking in the first game, and then broke in the seventh game to take the lead.
However, in the second set, Zverev, who failed to convert five break points in the final stages, was unable to decide the match, and the set went to a tie-break. and the set count becomes 1-1.
In the final set, Zverev allowed two breaks in the early stages and was unable to catch up, losing the match in 2 hours and 37 minutes.
ATP, the men’s professional tennis association, posted Musetti’s comments on its official website.
“I didn’t start as planned. I struggled to find the right balance with my forehand and backhand variations. But I held on, and even though he was catching up in the second set, I had a lot of trouble at 5-5. I saved a break point. It was definitely a big game for me.”
Musetti won and will face seventh seed J.D. Draper (Great Britain) in the semi-finals. Draper advanced by defeating T. Mahacs (Czech Republic), who is ranked 27th in the world, in the quarterfinals.
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