ATP Monte Carlo 2025, Musetti struggles with an injury but capitulates in the final: Alcaraz is champion

Monte Carlo, 13 April 2025 - The final between Lorenzo and Ferrari ended in the worst possible way, with an injury. musetti and Carlos alcaraz in 'ATP Monte CarloThe Spanish tennis player won in three sets, in a match with many facets, which however left the Italian tennis player with a bitter taste in his mouth. musetti had managed to convincingly win the first set 6-3, only to be overwhelmed by a stratospheric half hour of his rival in the second set. Having won the tie-breaking set 6-1, alcaraz he then faced an opponent torn apart by physical problems since the first moments of the last partial of the challenge. musetti he in fact began to feel pain since the second game and still brought his match to the end with honor, even losing the third set 6-0. In any case, the Italian will obtain his best ranking in his career, rising to number 11; alcaraz exceeds Zverev and climbs to second place.

The match report

First set - The final begins with Lorenzo musetti serving, which scores the first point of the morning. alcaraz holds the exchanges and wins the first break point, which he concretizes with a forehand passing shot down the line that kisses the line and punishes the Italian tennis player. Musetti immediately tries to grab the counter-break and he does it very well in the second game: the two go to advantage and, after two wasted break points, in the end Lorenzo prevails thanks to a lob response on the short serve of the Iberian, who sends the following forehand long. The match returns to balance and Musetti quickly liquidates his second game on serve, leaving his opponent at love. alcaraz starts the fourth game badly and gives away the ninth unforced error of his match, which leads musetti at 0-30. A forehand down the line in the corridor condemns the Spaniard to cash in another break, which this time puts the Italian ahead at 3-1. musetti confirms the break in a game that ends in advantage, while Carlos recovers his concentration in the following game which is worth the temporary 4-2 in favor of the Italian opponent. The level is very high and alcaraz alternates extraordinary shots with avoidable errors. Lorenzo holds serve, goes up 5-2 and prepares to play the set on his serve, as Alcaraz holds serve effectively. musetti the game starts strong, one of his millimeter error brings the Spaniard back to 15-all, but he loses a backcourt exchange with a forehand to the net. The Italian forces the second serve immediately after and hits the line, which gives him a double set point: the first is enough for him to close the set, with a wonderful drop shot that surprises alcaraz. Second set - alcaraz he starts serving and does it well, taking home the first game of the set. musetti returns to serve and the Spaniard starts making mistakes again: first a long forehand and then an attempted drop shot that ends up well in the net. Carlos gets up and scores two great points in a row, which allow him to have a break point, which he converts. The Spaniard takes the lead and confirms the break to zero in the next game. musetti must not be disunited in a moment of great predominance of the opponent. Down 0-3, the Italian is forced to advantage also in his second game on service of this set and capitulates in front of a alcaraz now perfect. After another tough game, musetti manages to shake up his score and goes down 5-1. The Italian has a surge of pride right in the last game and drags alcaraz to the advantages, after being down 0-40. The Spaniard now seems to have exhausted that moment of brilliance, but after four break points saved closes the set 6-1.

Third set - musetti begins the decisive set on serve and does so with a point in his favor, only to then suffer the assaults of Alcaraz, who earns two break points. The Italian is good at canceling both of them, but in the end he cashes in on the opponent's break. Lorenzo now accuses some physical discomfort and he seems unable to run anymore. Alcaraz goes up 3-0 and musetti is helped by the physiotherapist. Unfortunately, the match is over: the Italian struggles to move and tries to finish the match for the honor of at least getting to the end. The match drags on until the end, when alcaraz closes at 6-0.

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