During the day 10 At Wimbledon, the roof was open after a heavy rain, the sun was shining, and white clouds were floating across the deep blue sky.
coat number 1The talented Lorenzo Musetti 22– The 19-year-old Italian player has reached his first Grand Slam semifinal. 26Taylor Fritz of the United States, ranked 1st in 5 sets, 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-2, 3-6, 6-1within 3 hours 27 minute.
The stylish Italian, with long brown hair peeking out from under a white baseball cap pulled back and a tattoo of a beating heart and a tennis racket in the center, started off slow and then quickly dropped down to the phrase, “Tennis is in his heartbeat.” 4-1 In the first set.
But he began to find his own game, with a variety of creative techniques: a deft drop shot, a high topspin lob, a slice, a beautiful one-handed backhand, and a tremendous topspin forehand.
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But Fritz continued to pressure his opponent with his amazing serve and forehand to win the fourth set, and Musetti seemed to have all the momentum.
In the fifth set, Musetti remained calm and composed, playing perhaps the finest tennis of his life.
“Yeah, I think it was a tough match,” Fritz said in a post-match press conference. “He played really well at key points. I don’t know. I probably didn’t serve as well as I needed to or as well as I’ve been serving.
“Today, the wind was blowing quite strongly, so it was difficult to find the rhythm, timing, and feel. It kept changing every time I changed direction.
“He played particularly well in the fifth set.”
Fritz said: “When the roof is closed, the conditions are great. There’s no wind. You always know where the ball is going to go. You can get into a really good rhythm.
“Now I play against someone who slices and moves the ball with the wind. It’s tough. I think the most important thing is when I play against someone like that, I really have to be able to set up and generate power. I have to pinpoint exactly where I want to hit the shot. I have to be very precise because I can’t hit the ball that hard on a dead slice.
“It’s important to be accurate. It was really hard for me to be the one attacking and releasing the ball when I saw the slice moving all over the place before I hit it. I always move my feet. I feel like I need to be much better at handling the ball.
“I made a lot of mistakes in the third set, mainly because I felt like it took a long time to finish the points. I think it favors the guy who wants to run and chip when the wind is a little bit blowing, and it disadvantages the guy who wants to go big and settle. He did a really good job of what he did.”
Musetti was asked about the incredible variety in his game in his post-match press conference and said, “I think it probably made it worse that other guys didn’t all shoot the same. How do you put it? Especially when you’re a good baseliner like Taylor, if you play flat every time, you’re not going to win points.
“I mean, I’m playing his game. So maybe it was a strategy to mix up all the balls and lead the game. At certain points in the game, I felt like I could win every point from the baseline. He wasn’t in a good position for all my changes.
“It’s definitely something I’m really working on. I’ve never liked doing the same thing on the court since I was a kid. I didn’t want to be a mono-automatic on the court. It’s probably going to help me a lot on grass, and I’m using it this week.”
On his next opponent, seven-time Wimbledon singles champion Novak Djokovic, the Italian said: “Of course, I played him several times, and I had some big matches, like the two French Opens. I won once in Monte Carlo. After that, I lost all the other matches.
“In the case of Nol, we always finished the game with a lesson learned. Of course, the last game was a really intense game for both players and a really stressful game.
“So what I’m saying is, you’re probably going to be more stressed out against him because he’s probably the greatest player of all time or one of the greatest players of all time.
“You come out on the court with a different mindset. As I said before, I think if I play a certain way, I can get my shot in the next round.”
