06/07/2021 11:15
Clarín.com
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Updated 06/07/2021 11:19
Novak Djokovic is number 1 in the world and as such is full of obligations at Roland Garros.
That is why he is the favorite in the duel against the rising Italian Lorenzo Musetti.
However, for now, the one who rules in the duel for the round of 16 is the 19-year-old youth, who stayed with the first two sets and put the Serbian in trouble, who started the recovery and is going for the miracle.
For now it is 7-6, 7-6 and 1-6.
The 1 of the world started with everything and went bankrupt, but the 76th in the ranking showed that he has a lot of personality and recovered quickly to fight the initial set one-on-one with the Serbian.
In the end, the story reached the tiebreak and there, after an hour and 13 minutes, the one who surprised was Musetti, who needed three set points to close the set 7-6 (7).
In the second chapter, Musetti broke Djokovic from the start and seemed ready to strike.
But you should never give up the world's No. 1s for dead, and that's how Nole re-matched the story.
Stick by stick, game by game, the two played a chess match at Phillippe Chatrier and the definition came again at the tiebreaker.
And the winner was once again the Italian who put Nole on the ropes, who will need five sets to stay alive.
Already in the third set, Djokovic stepped on the accelerator and took the third set by a crushing 6-1 in just 24 minutes.
And he continued with the same trend in the fourth: in the first game he broke Musetti and already went ahead on the scoreboard.
Yes, the comeback is coming.
Nole defeated Lithuanian Ricardas Berankis in the third round by a clear 6-1, 6-4 and 6-1, in a match that he dominated at will and closed in just one hour and 32 minutes.
Musetti, who is contesting the main draw of a Grand Slam for the first time, beat his compatriot Marco Cecchinato in five sets in the previous round.