Hamburg, Musetti overtakes Ruusuvuori and flies to the quarterfinals

Second consecutive match and quarter-finals centered for Lorenzo Musetti in the ATP 500 in Hamburg. Carrara player number 62 in the world but now virtually number 52 (in the live ranking), in the second round he beat 6-4 7-5, in an hour and 51 the Finnish Emil Ruusuvuori, number 42 in the ranking and protagonist in the first round of the elimination in two sets of the Argentine Schwartzman (14 in the world). On Friday in the quarterfinals Musetti will find the Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, n.35 in the ranking, on the other side of the net.

Decisive service

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A finally positive moment for Simone Tartarini’s pupil who with the victory of the first round had interrupted a negative streak of six defeats in the first round: “I liked it, he played it, he has only the defect that every now and then he goes out and it goes to alternating current. But this time he was in charge of the exchanges, it served well. We must continue along this line “. Musetti’s analysis is the same: “It was not an easy match – he commented after the victory -. But starting with a break in the first half helped me. The key to the match was definitely the serve, I beat very well. throughout the game and allowed me to be in control of the match. ” Now, on the road to the final, there is Davidovich Fokina, finalist of the Monte Carlo tournament: “I am very happy to be able to face him in an official match. We have never faced each other but we are good friends, we often train together and we also spend time together. I’m curious to see how it goes. ”