Lorenzo Musetti's finest hour: final victory against Alcaraz

When his debut victory on the ATP tour was confirmed after an exciting three hours, Lorenzo Musetti lay on his back on the sand and touched his head. The 20-year-old outsider from Tuscany seemed unable to believe that after a hard fight he came 500:6, 4:6 (7:6), 8th in the exciting final of the European Open (ATP 6). :4 against the top favorite Carlos Alcaraz (Spain). Musetti dedicated the victory in his first tennis appearance at Rothenbaum in Hamburg to his grandmother.

Alcaraz, sixth in the world rankings, who was also in the Hanseatic city for the first time, missed his desired sixth coup on the ATP tour in front of 7.500 fans in temperatures around 30 degrees. The 19-year-old top favorite was initially far from the form of the previous days. In the first set he gave up his serve twice to Musetti, who made fewer mistakes and took advantage of almost every chance. Musetti misses five match points – but still wins Alcaraz quickly found themselves 0-2 behind in the second half, but they kept cheering themselves on and were suddenly back to their old self when in dire need. He fended off two match points and saved himself in the tiebreak, in which Musetti was unable to use three more match points. In the deciding set, one break was enough for the Italian because he used his sixth match point after 2:46 hours. “This is a big moment for me,” said the world number 62. proud.

Carlos Alcaraz suffered a defeat. © AFP / ADRIAN DENNIS

While Musetti was very happy, Alcaraz had to admit defeat to Azzurro again. At the beginning of July, he lost to Jannik Sinner in the duel of super talents in the round of 16 at Wimbledon. Bitter final defeat for Berrettini On Sunday another Italian reached the final of an ATP tournament: Matteo Berrettini met top seed Casper Ruud (ATP 5) in Gstaad (Switzerland), But after 2.33 hours they had to admit defeat 6:4, 6:7 (4), 2:6. Azzurro (ATP 15), who was number two, led for a long time.

Ruud only managed to turn things around in the tiebreak of the second set, when he was already behind by a mini-break. Berrettini's forehand suddenly dropped noticeably. The Italian suddenly made mistakes, and this year's French Open finalist took advantage of this to win the tiebreak and the decisive early break in the deciding set (2-1). Previously, Casper Ruud had unsuccessfully chased a break against the in-form Italian for two hours.

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Lorenzo Musetti's finest hour: final victory against Alcaraz

Along with Jannik Sinner, Lorenzo Musetti is considered the greatest tennis talent in Italy. Now the spirited 20-year-old from Carrara has won his first major tournament in Hamburg. Meanwhile, Matteo Berrettini suffered a bitter final defeat in Switzerland.

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