Tsitsipas defeated Musetti early in the day and will look for a semifinal against Coric

Stefanos Tsitsipasfifth in the ATP ranking, reached the quarterfinals of the Masters 1,000 in Rome early this Wednesdayafter defeating the Italian Lorenzo Musetti, nineteenth in the ATP, by double 7-5, in 1 hour 53 minutes of play.

for the double 7-5 against the Italian Lorenzo Musetti, nineteenth in the ATP, in 1 hour 53 minutes of play.

Tsitsipas, who on Tuesday finished what was prevented by rain on Monday by leaving Lorenzo Sonego, also an Italian, 6-3, 7-6 (3), the game began accumulating an advantage (4-1) that seemed insurmountable for Musettiwho however recovered, returning the break lost in the second game in the seventh and making the first set difficult for the Greek.

At 4-4, both held their serves, although there was more trouble for Tsitsipas not finding his best serve, and they went to 5-5 on serve for the Greek, who held it and took advantage of his experience to seize the lead. with another break. set to italian.

The Greek spent five games to prevent the Italian’s reaction and in the sixth, with a break, he re-established the 3-3 parity that he had lost since the beginning of this second set.

From that moment, Tsitsipas, who improved his first-serve percentage, held his serve and waited for his chance against the opponent but, at 5-4 down, Musetti saved 4 match points to reached 5-5.

The third blank game of the Greek in this second set put the score in his favor (6-5) and gave no option for another reaction from the Italian not to repeat the success of his previous service.

Tsitsipas will face Croatian Borna Coric in the quarterfinalssixteenth in the ATP rankings, eliminating Hungarian Fabian Marozsan in the round of 16 3-6, 6-4 and 6-3.