"It's the best match of the last few months. I feel like I did everything well and found the real Lorenzo on the pitch, in terms of maturity, choices and physicality. I felt good and I tackled a player whose characteristics are perhaps the prototype of a player that I don't like. I enjoyed it, I made a few free throws, a few wrong choices... I had fun."
Lorenzo Musetti is satisfied with the success achieved against Shelton which projects him to the round of 16 of the Masters 1000 in Miami where he will face Carlos Alcaraz.
"Today's attitude and charisma - he added - allowed me to win the match against a dangerous player. Alcaraz? We will play in different conditions than in the past. He is playing well and after the Indian Wells victory he has regained confidence. It won't be easy, I think facing him at the moment is the most exciting challenge in tennis. He and Jannik are governing our sport, but I'm happy to compete with him to see if I can take one step further. He's fine physically but so am I. I'm in the best period of the last few months... let's say it's the best time to face it."
With Musetti in the round of 16 in Miami there are also Jannik Sinner and Matteo Arnaldi: for the first time Italy brings three players to the round of 16 of a Masters 1000 on hard court.
WTA Miami: eliminate Swiatek and Gauff
Surprise eliminations in the women's draw of the Masters 1000 in Miami: the world number one, Iga Swiatek eliminated by the Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova and the number 3 Coco Gauff beaten by the French Caroline Garcia, say goodbye to the tournament.
Alexandrova's victory, who beat Swiatek in straight sets, 6-4 6-2, was the surprise of the day.
“I'm disappointed, obviously, because I thought I would play better here in Miami,” Swiatek admitted.
“But she played a superb match, and was obviously the best today,” the Pole continued.
A few hours earlier, also n.
3 in the world, the American Coco Gauff, had been eliminated from the Florida tournament by the French Caroline Garcia (no. 27 in the world) 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 in 1 hour and 43 minutes.
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