After a spectacular fight, Hugo Gaston surrendered this Wednesday against Lorenzo Musetti.
As in his first match, the quarter-finalist of the Rolex Paris Masters lost in five sets (4-3, 4-3, 2-4, 3-4, 4-2) in 2 hours 33, which in fact the longest match of this laboratory competition.
Marc Barbier's student almost succeeded in a Remontada, coming back to two sets everywhere and after having saved two match points in the fourth round, won after a tie break where led 4-2 he won. 9-7.
But Musetti finally materialized in the final set his slight domination by nabbing the Frenchman's service for the first time on his sixteenth opportunity in the very last game of the match ...
Musetti's revenge
Beaten, again in five sets by Sebastian Korda during his first meeting, after having had a match point, the Toulouse must make a cross on the last four since it was imperative to win his last two group matches.
Musetti, 57th in the world, takes his revenge on Bercy, where the new 67th in the world had eliminated him in the last round of qualifying.