Umag
Musetti overcomes slow start to beat Trungelliti in Umag
The Italian will face Dusan Lajovic in the quarter-finals
July 24, 2024
Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag
Lorenzo Musetti celebrates with fans after advancing to the Umag quarter-finals Wednesday.
By ATP Staff
Second seed Lorenzo Musetti advanced to the quarter-finals of the Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag Wednesday with a solid 6-4, 6-3 victory over Argentine Marco Trungelliti.Â
The 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.
Musetti applied considerable pressure on Trungelliti’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.
The 22-year-old advanced to his first clay-court quarter-final since Hamburg 2023 and he will now play Serbian Dusan Lajovic. Â
This was Musetti’s first match since achieving a career-best Grand Slam result by reaching the Wimbledon semi-finals, where he lost to seven-time champion Novak Djokovic in straight sets. He is chasing his first ATP Tour title since 2022 (Naples).
