Paris Olympics
Musetti ends Italy’s 100-year wait, defeats Auger-Aliassime in Paris battle for bronze
22-year-old is first Italian tennis medallist since 1924
August 03, 2024
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Lorenzo Musetti celebrates after clinching an Olympic bronze medal on Saturday in Paris.
By ATP Workers
Lorenzo Musetti maintained his glorious kind on Saturday with a hard-earned victory towards Felix Auger-Aliassime within the bronze-medal match on the Paris Olympics.
The 22-year-old Italian regained his composure after a mid-match lapse to seal a 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 triumph within the bronze-medal conflict on Court docket Philippe Chatrier. Musetti clinched a decisive break within the eighth recreation of the deciding set to prevail in a match of superb margins and turn into the primary Italian tennis participant to win an Olympic medal since Uberto de Morpugo on the 1924 Paris Olympics.
BRONZE MEDAL FOR ITALY 🇮🇹@Lorenzo1Musetti defeats Auger-Aliassime 6-4 1-6 6-3 to win the Males’s Singles Bronze Medal!#Paris2024 | #tennis | #Olympics pic.twitter.com/dNDKxdhomx
— ATP Tour (@atptour) August 3, 2024
Musetti was much less scientific than Auger-Aliassime together with his possibilities — the Italian transformed three of 12 break factors he earned, whereas the Canadian received three of 4 — however he stayed mentally composed to tug clear within the last levels of the match. Together with his two-hour, 17-minute win, he levelled his Lexus ATP Head2Head sequence towards Auger-Aliassime at 3-3.
The 2-time ATP Tour champion Musetti defeated house favorite Gael Monfils, Mariano Navone, Taylor Fritz and defending Olympic champion Alexander Zverev in Paris, earlier than falling to prime seed Novak Djokovic within the final 4 and getting into the bronze-medal match towards Auger-Aliassime.
The No. 16 within the PIF ATP Rankings, Musetti has received 22 of 28 matches for the reason that begin of Roland Garros in late Might. That tally consists of runs to the championship match at ATP Tour occasions on the Queen’s Membership and in Umag, and he additionally reached his maiden Grand Slam semi-final at Wimbledon final month.
