The blue, on his absolute debut in singles, beats Gombos in three sets and wins the decisive point after the success of Sinner and the defeat in doubles
Lorenzo Musetti wins the decisive point against Slovakia and leads Italy to the Davis Cup Finals. The blue, 57th in the ranking, called to replace Sonego (n.21 ATP) and on his absolute debut in singles, overcame Norbert Gombos (number 110 in the ATP ranking) in two hours and 18 ‘, with a score of 6 -7 (3) 6-2 6-4 on the fast indoor NTC Arena in Bratislava, scoring the 3-2 point that qualifies for the group stage.
Musetti emotion
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“On the pitch I brought out everything I had. The great thing is that we are a truly united group – Musetti says warmly -. Not even dreaming of a debut like this, it was really difficult for us, the Slovaks played five crazy matches,” we earned the qualifications, but it’s not my merit, it’s everyone’s, the staff and Filippo (Volandri, ed) who did a really great job. Volandri was convinced that I had the means to put Gombos in difficulty, I’m happy with the reaction I had after losing the first set. In the last set there were some ups and downs, the last game I played in an amazing way, today luck turned on our side because I went to take it with courage “.
Volandri tears
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A moved Filippo Volandri echoes him: “If we think about everything that has happened, where we started from … There is a lot of work behind. Musetti was very good, making his debut at his age at 2-2 is truly something special. . Special qualification for what lies behind, Berrettini was there. The choice of the double shared with the boys, we dominated for three sets, but paid dearly for the half chances they had. Congratulations to Sinner, he gave a great example “.
March 5, 2022 (change March 5, 2022 | 23:14)
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