Musetti overcomes slow start to beat Trungelliti in Umag

pSecond seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/lorenzo-musetti/m0ej/overview'Lorenzo Musetti/a advanced to the quarter-finals of the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/umag/439/overview'Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag/a Wednesday with a solid 6-4, 6-3 victory over Argentine a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/marco-trungelliti/ta29/overview'Marco Trungelliti/a./p

pThe Italian, No. 17 in the PIF ATP Rankings, rallied from an early 0-3 deficit in the opening set to claim the next five games and with it the momentum of the match, which he wrapped up in one hour and 51 minutes./p

p"First match on clay after a long grass season. It was not an easy start," Musetti said post-match. "Marco was playing good. I had my chances in the first game, I didn't break him and it was not easy to find the right balance.br /

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"Then afterwards I think I raised my level. At the end I was serving better, playing more aggressive with the forehand, and that was probably the key of the match."/p

pMusetti applied considerable pressure on Trungellitirsquo;s serve, earning 11 break points and converting four, while saving two of the three break points on his own serve, according to Infosys ATP Stats. /p

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pThe 22-year-old advanced to his first clay-court quarter-final since Hamburg 2023 and he will now play Serbian a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/dusan-lajovic/l987/overview'Dusan Lajovic/a.nbsp;nbsp;/p

pThis was Musettirsquo;s first match since achieving a career-best Grand Slam result by reaching the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a semi-finals, where he lost to seven-time champion a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/novak-djokovic/d643/overview'Novak Djokovic/a in straight sets. He is chasing his first ATP Tour title since 2022 (Naples)./p

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pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jakub-mensik/m0ni/overview'Jakub Mensik/a continued to press his claim to qualify for the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/next-gen-atp-finals/7696/overview'Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF/a when he defeated a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/luciano-darderi/d0fj/overview'Luciano Darderi/a 6-4, 6-3 in the last match on centre court./p

pThe 18-year-old Czech, No. 81 in the PIF ATP Rankings, traded several breaks with the Italian in a tight opening set before closing it out and gaining the upper hand. Converting four of his five break point opportunities according to Infosys ATP Stats, Mensikrsquo;s clinical return game helped him power to victory in one hour and 27 minutes. He advances to the quarter­-finals, where he will face Tseng Chun-hsin./p

pHe has become the youngest man since a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/felix-auger-aliassime/ag37/overview'Felix Auger-Aliassime/a to reach tour level quarter-finals on all three surfaces, after reaching the last eight on hard courts in Doha, and grass courts in Mallorca. /p

pMensik currently sits third in the PIF ATP Race To Jeddah, behind a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/arthur-fils/f0f1/overview'Arthur Fils/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alex-michelsen/m0qi/overview'Alex Michelsen/a./p

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