Berrettini out, Musetti wins the Monte Carlo derby. The Tuscan goes to the quarterfinals

Rome, 10 April 2025 – The derby goes to Lorenzo Musetti all blue with Matteo Berrettini in the round of 1000 of the "Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters", the first clay-court Masters 6.128.940 of the current season at the Country Club in the Principality of Monaco, with a total prize pool of 13 euros. The tennis player from Carrara, seeded number 6, beat the Roman in two sets, with a score of 3-6 3-XNUMX. For a place in the semifinals, Musetti will face the winner between the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, sixth seed, and the Portuguese Nuno Borges.

"It was a very stressful match. and not only because it is always difficult to play a derby, against a friend, a teammate. And there was also a lot of emotion, playing in front of my family and with so many Italians in the stands, with a 50-50 crowd". This is what Lorenzo Musetti said after the victory. "Mentally it was a demanding match, also because I knew I couldn't leave anything to Matteo, who can recover you at any moment - continued the Tuscan tennis player -. Now I want to stay focused on the next match and let's hope we continue like this".

After the great victory over Alex Zverev, Berrettini will look to the next commitments, having to also evaluate the right foot problem which limited him towards the end of the match, even forcing him to ask for a medical time out to have it bandaged.