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<\/p>\n ATP Tour
\n Musetti’s Renaissance: Inside the artist’s resurgence<\/p>\n
Exclusive insight from coach Simone Tartarini<\/p>\n
September 03, 2025<\/p>\n
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Corinne Dubreuil<\/p>\n
Lorenzo Musetti is enjoying the best US Open run of his career.
\n By Andrew Eichenholz<\/p>\n
When Benjamin Bonzi<\/a> defeated Lorenzo Musetti<\/a> in a final-set tie-break at the Cincinnati Open<\/a> last month, it was a scene of conflicting emotions. After Musetti missed a forehand return to let slip the match, he slowly walked to the net and removed his headband in disappointment having lost five of six matches following a hot first half of the season.<\/p>\n On the other side of the net, an ecstatic Bonzi turned to coach Nicolas Mahut<\/a> using his hands to pretend he was driving a car. Ironically, it was Musetti who was hoping to regain the wheel after opening losses at Wimbledon<\/a> and Washington, a third-round exit in Toronto and another opening defeat in Cincinnati.<\/p>\n \u201cI think probably the worst moment so far was in Cincinnati when I lost to Bonzi. Let’s say it was three matches with Norrie, with Michelsen and Bonzi. Those seemed like the same match played three times,\u201d Musetti said. \u201cI lost three times with many, many, many chances that I think never showed the courage to try to take the lead, to be brave on the court.\u201d<\/p>\n Musetti is widely considered one of the most talented players on the ATP Tour. The 23-year-old owns majestic strokes with which he paints the court like a canvas. There is not a shot he is incapable of hitting.<\/p>\n But in critical moments, he was closer to being the canvas than the artist, allowing his opponents to take control. His best result of the North American summer was making the Cincinnati doubles final with countryman Lorenzo Sonego<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThat was the most, let’s say, scary part that I dealt with,\u201d Musetti said of his feeling that he was not playing courageously. \u201cAnd of course I think also playing some matches in doubles with Lorenzo [Sonego] gave me the extra confidence that I needed to think that I was not playing that bad and that I think that I needed to change a little bit my behavior on the court and my mentality on the court, to be back again.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt’s the dream, the dream,\u201d Tartarini said. \u201cTwo Italian players in the Masters. Never, never, never, [it would be the] first time.\u201d<\/p>\n The coach is correct. If Musetti qualifies for the season finale in Turin, he will join Jannik Sinner<\/a>, marking the first time two Italians have qualified for the Nitto ATP Finals<\/a> in the same season (In 2021, Sinner competed in Turin as an alternate following Matteo Berrettini<\/a>‘s withdrawal).<\/p>\n That is what has made his effort in New York, where he is into the quarter-finals, so important. After losing his first set of the tournament to Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard<\/a>, Musetti has not lost a set, ousting the Frenchman, David Goffin<\/a>, Flavio Cobolli<\/a> and Jaume Munar<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cLorenzo dreams to play Torino. Quarter-final is very important for ranking points, for the Race To Torino,\u201d Tartarini said. \u201cThe road is long, but a quarter-final is very important for Lorenzo.\u201d<\/p>\n How has the 23-year-old turned things around so quickly? According to his coach, it is relatively simple.<\/p>\n \u201cLorenzo was not playing bad, but he had no focus during the matches,\u201d Tartarini said. \u201cAnd in New York, Lorenzo has felt more confident with the ball, with his face, the attitude has improved every day.\u201d <\/p>\n Tartarini called Musetti\u2019s 6-3, 6-0, 6-1 victory against Munar in the fourth round \u201cthe best match in the past two months\u201d.<\/p>\n You May Also Like: Emotional Musetti overcomes ‘terrible month’ to reach US Open quarter-finals<\/a><\/p>\n Now, Musetti is eighth in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin \u2014 having passed Jack Draper<\/a> \u2014 with a chance to climb further and put himself in firmer position for the season finale. Standing in his way is defending champion and No. 1 in the PIF ATP Rankings Sinner.<\/p>\n \u201cAgainst Jannik, every point is tough, every point,\u201d Tartarini said. \u201cEvery point Jannik always is so [steady]. Lorenzo is up or down. So it\u2019s very important to play [steadily] against Jannik. Lorenzo needs to stay always focused every point, and that\u2019s not easy. <\/p>\n \u201cThat is because Jannik is the best player in the world. It\u2019s not easy, it\u2019s very tough.\u201d<\/p>\n But that Musetti is in this position to begin with is a good sign, and shows that he is back at the wheel following a tough stretch. Win or lose, the Italian is back to his best.<\/p>\n \u201c[This is his] first time in New York [reaching] a quarter-final after a semi-final in Wimbledon<\/a> last year and this year in Roland Garros<\/a>. For me, [this is] the bigger result,\u201d Tartarini said. \u201cIn Italy, everybody talks about Lorenzo not playing good on the hard court, playing good just on clay courts. For me, Lorenzo plays good on every surface: on grass, on clay, on hard. Lorenzo likes to play on clay, but every player likes one court. Carlos, clay, Jannik, hard. It\u2019s normal.\u201d<\/p>\n Musetti hopes to continue proving his versatility in New York.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ATP Tour Musetti’s Renaissance: Inside the artist’s resurgence Exclusive insight from coach Simone Tartarini September 03, 2025 Corinne…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":396086,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4105],"tags":[79,1068,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-396085","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-sports","9":"tag-tennis","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115143625140958977","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=396085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Lorenzo Musetti ” style=”width:100%;” src=”https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/-\/media\/images\/news\/2025\/09\/01\/20\/50\/musetti-us-open-2025-r4.jpg?w=100%25″>
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It felt like Musetti was a shadow of the player who had made the Monte-Carlo final earlier in the year as well as semi-finals in Madrid, Rome and at Roland Garros<\/a>. Suddenly, the Italian went from a good position to make his Nitto ATP Finals<\/a> debut to being on the outside looking in at the start of the US Open<\/a>. His coach, Simone Tartarini, explained how important that chase is for him.<\/p>\n![\"It](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1756952172_851_it-all-adds-up-banner.jpg\"\/)
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