Tsitsipas Rolls Into Lyon Final Over Musetti
In the battle for the final and for best head of hair, Stefanos Tsitsipas prevailed over Lorenzo Musetti 4-6, 6-3, 6-0 at the Open Parc Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes Lyon on Saturday. The Greek awaits the winner of Cameron Norrie and Karen Khachanov.
Tsitsipas improves to 2-0 in the ATP Head2Head Series against Musetti and now leads the tour with 32 wins. Sitting at a career-high ranking of No. 5, he picked up his sixth title, and first ATP Masters 1000, in Monte-Carlo before reaching the final in Barcelona.
[WATCH LIVE 1]Despite the grandness of the occasion, Musetti showed no signs of nerves in the first set, breaking at 2-2 and showing off his wide array of shots. With Tsitsipas hanging back far behind the baseline, Musetti was effective in hitting drop shot after drop shot.
Tsitsipas stayed calm and took control in the second set, while Musetti couldn’t maintain his level. After Tsitsipas broke at love for 5-3, he didn’t lose another game, racing to the finish line and into his 16th final.
Musetti is one of the newest and youngest faces inside of the Top 100 in the FedEx ATP Rankings. After a run to the Acapulco semi-finals, which ended at the hands of Tsitsipas, the 19-year-old Italian jumped from No. 120 to No. 94.
Musetti’s week in Lyon began as an alternate and he took out seventh seed Felix Auger-Aliassime in the first round and backed it up with wins over Sebastian Korda and Aljaz Bedene.