Alexander Zverev is the defending champion at Rome Masters. After the disappointments in recent Masters 1000, the German player is expected to make a difference in Italy. However, he was unable to continue his journey to protect his throne.
In the men's quarter -finals, Zverev encountered Lorenzo Musetti. Entering Set 1, Hjat like number 2 entered quite well when winning the previous break in game 3 and quickly took the lead 4-2. However, he did not keep the advantage and let Musetti reclaim the break in game 8.
At the end of the set, the drama was pushed higher. In 2 hinges 11 and 12 games, the two players have one more break exchange and have to enter the brain-brain tie-break series. Here, Zverev was completely inferior to the opponent. He only won 1 point and lost to 1-7.
Sang Set 2, Zverev played efforts in the hope of coming back. German players have a chance to win early in game 2, but do not take advantage of success. The turning point came in game 9 hinges when Musetti won the only break of the match. The Italian player keeps the advantage until the end of the set, thereby winning 6-4.
In the end, Zverev lost after 2 sets and officially became a former king at Rome Masters. Notably, he also lost the world No. 2 in the hands of Carlos Alcaraz. That means the German player will rank the No. 3 seed in France to expand.
Meanwhile, the victory over Zverev helped Musetti for the first time in his career to win tickets to the semi -finals of Rome Masters. Here, he will see Carlos Alcaraz again-who defeated him with a score of 3-6, 6-1, 6-0 in the final of Monte-Carlo in April.
