{"id":58972,"date":"2026-08-28T07:20:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T07:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/58972\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T07:20:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T07:20:42","slug":"meet-lorenzo-musetti-the-italian-tennis-star-gearing-up-for-his-comeback-at-the-us-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/58972\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Lorenzo Musetti, the Italian tennis star gearing up for his comeback at the US Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lorenzo Musetti, who missed the French Open and <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/magazines\/style\/luxury\/watches\/article\/3363244\/5-top-watch-moments-july-wimbledon-celebrity-wrist-game-rare-fp-journe-auction?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wimbledon<\/a> with a leg injury, is set to make his comeback at the 2026 <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/magazines\/style\/fashion\/celebrity-style\/article\/3323993\/meet-naomi-osakas-us-open-labubus-althea-glitterson-billie-jean-bling-and-arthur-flashe?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">US Open<\/a>. The main draw runs from Sunday to September 13 at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The 24-year-old Italian is currently ranked No 14 in the ATP singles rankings, having reached a career-high No 5 after finishing as runner-up at the Hong Kong Tennis Open in January.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lorenzo Musetti at the final of the Hong Kong Tennis Open in January. Photo: Karma Lo\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/c8133038-a533-416a-bc05-a6dd917337ad_1fe1c951.jpg\" title=\"Lorenzo Musetti at the final of the Hong Kong Tennis Open in January. Photo: Karma Lo\"\/>Lorenzo Musetti at the final of the Hong Kong Tennis Open in January. Photo: Karma Lo<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Here\u2019s what we know about Lorenzo Musetti.<\/p>\n<p>What is Lorenzo Musetti\u2019s background?<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Roger Federer (left) practises alongside Lorenzo Musetti during an exhibition event at the 2026 US Open. Photo: @lore_musetti\/Instagram\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4534022c-9a22-420c-90df-d5dae39f0bee_c3f1fd52.jpg\" title=\"Roger Federer (left) practises alongside Lorenzo Musetti during an exhibition event at the 2026 US Open. Photo: @lore_musetti\/Instagram\"\/>Roger Federer (left) practises alongside Lorenzo Musetti during an exhibition event at the 2026 US Open. Photo: @lore_musetti\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Born on 3 March 2002 in Tuscany, Italy, Lorenzo Musetti is the son of a marble producer and a secretary. He started playing tennis at age four, and at eight, he met coach Simone Tartarini, who has since shaped him into a world-class player known for his bold, high-risk shots.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cA really important turning point came when Lorenzo was 14,\u201d Tartarini told the ATP last year. \u201cThat\u2019s when I made the decision to invest in him professionally and financially. I left my tennis club and started travelling the world with him to help him grow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>How did Lorenzo Musetti get injured?<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An injury forced Lorenzo Musetti to retire from his match against Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open in January. Photo: @lore_musetti\/Instagram\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/b3d3bbd8-0696-478b-8504-7ac3d71df02d_68143f92.jpg\" title=\"An injury forced Lorenzo Musetti to retire from his match against Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open in January. Photo: @lore_musetti\/Instagram\"\/>An injury forced Lorenzo Musetti to retire from his match against Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open in January. Photo: @lore_musetti\/Instagram<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lorenzo Musetti, who missed the French Open and Wimbledon with a leg injury, is set to make his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58973,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[283,248,827,897,207,22132,3442,320,435,2033,84,139,28,15026,463,285],"class_list":["post-58972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-atp","tag-australian-open","tag-billie-jean-king-national-tennis-center","tag-casper-ruud","tag-french-open","tag-hong-kong-tennis-open","tag-instagram","tag-italian-open","tag-italy","tag-lorenzo-musetti","tag-new-york","tag-novak-djokovic","tag-tennis","tag-tuscany","tag-us-open","tag-wimbledon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}