The two blues win the first set, but then they suffer the comeback of the opponents in Cincinnati
Nothing to do for Musetti and Sonego in the Cincinnati ATP 1000 double final. The blues were beaten at the Super Tie break (4-6 6-3 10-5) by two extraordinary interpreters such as Ram and Mektic, both former numbers one of the specialty and among the best in recent years. Therefore, no first title together for the two Lorenzo. The Azzurri had been able to arrive in the quarterfinals in Cincinnati in 2023, beaten by the British Jamie Murray and the New Zealand Michael Venus, and had already reached a final last year in Doha, always beaten by Murray and Venus. Musetti had not played other specialties, while Sonego could already boast two titles, with the victories in Cagliari in 2021 with Andrea Vavassori and Kitzbuhel in 2022 with the Spaniard Pedro Martinez.
The game
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A defeat, this, with some regrets. Sonego and Musetti had played the first set great, won 6-4, with the decisive break on the third game. The Azzurri then had to face two break balls on 3-2, canceled beautifully, and then close the set without further problems. Both very well, with museums to embroider and Sonego a lot, very mobile around the field. In the second set of absolute balance, with Ram clearly climbed, until 4-3, when to make the decisive break, to the “killer point”, was the couple formed by the Croatian and the American, who then on 5-3 did not make a mistake and closed the partial at 0. At the Super Tie Break Metkic and Ram immediately ran away on 4-0, blue comeback up to 5-6 and service, but a new minibreak and a very bloody double foul by Sonego bring the score to the 8-5. Not even the time to realize and there are 4 match points on the Mektic service, which is not wrong. For Musetti and Sonego it is a defeat that hurts.