Bitter return to the field for Lorenzo Musetti allato 500 by Washington. The series head number two of the tournament was immediately beaten in three sets (3-6 6-2 6-3) by the British Cameron Norrie, who arrived a few weeks ago in the quarterfinals of Wimbledon. Musetti did not play from the English Slam and from that first round lost in London, where he arrived back from the injury of the Roland Garros semifinal against Carlos Alcaraz. A ailment that probably still affects Lorenzo’s performance. It is no coincidence, in fact, that Musetti fell clearly at the distance, after a first set dominated and that he let out an easy victory
Bitter comeback
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Norrie was good at taking advantage immediately, at the beginning of the second set, of an evident decrease in Musets, flying on 5-0 in a short time and closing the partial easily. Much more struggled on the third set, with the Tuscan who can eat his hands for the five unused break balls (of which three consecutive) on the 2-2, the game that in fact closed the game. In fact, after keeping the service, Norrie was exalted, tearing the joke in Musetti and flying on 4-2. That was the break that decided the game and the victory for the British, after two hours and 5 minutes. At the ranking level, this defeat makes Lorenzo lose 155 points, which in the live ranking has now come down to number 9, and if Musetti wants to continue to cultivate the hope of participating in the Finals of Turin (currently the number six) must resume the rhythm that has allowed him, in the season on the red, to make a final and two semifinals between Montecarlo, Rome and Roland Garros, where only Alcaraz was able to beat him.