Musetti beats Tiafoe to advance in Vienna; Basilashvili takes on Alcaraz
Lorenzo Musetti beat Frances Tiafoe 7/6 (8-6), 7/5 in 2h05 in the Vienna ATP 500 opener and faces Arthur Fery in the next round. Nikoloz Basilashvili got past Jurij Rodionov and will be Carlos Alcaraz's next opponent.
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A sexta vitória consecutiva de Lorenzo Musetti veio em sets apertados: 7/6 (8-6) e 7/5 em 2h05, diante do cabeça de chave 6 Frances Tiafoe, na estreia do ATP 500 de Viena desta quarta-feira.
Ex-top 5 e hoje 26º do ranking, ele vinha do título em Lyon no domingo, que quebrou um jejum iniciado em 2022. Em Viena, onde foi semifinalista nas duas edições anteriores, ele agora está nas oitavas e vai encarar Arthur Fery, 35º do ranking, que passou porque o compatriota Jacob Fearnley desistiu quando perdia por 5/1. Os dois se enfrentaram uma única vez, na primeira rodada do US Open, com vitória de Musetti em sets diretos.
A vitória desta quarta também valeu como revanche: em agosto, Tiafoe havia levado a melhor nas quartas do Masters 1000 de Cincinnati e estava à frente no duelo entre os dois, por 4 a 3.
Basilashvili também garantiu vaga e será o próximo rival de Carlos Alcaraz. O georgiano passou pelo austríaco Jurij Rodionov, convidado da casa, por 7/6 (7-3) e 6/1, em 1h35. O jogo contra o espanhol, terceiro do ranking, está marcado para quinta-feira, com início não antes das 11h de Brasília. Alcaraz ganhou os dois jogos anteriores contra o atual 95º da ATP, vice-campeão em Almaty na semana passada.
Já Adrian Mannarino, que veio do qualificatório, está nas quartas: 6/4 e 7/5 sobre o tcheco Jakub Mensik, oitavo pré-classificado, em 1h47. Na terça, ele havia virado diante do peruano Ignacio Buse por 0/6, 7/5 e 6/4, e agora aguarda o ganhador de Daniil Medvedev, terceiro favorito, contra Cameron Norrie.
O dia fecha com o canhoto norte-americano Learner Tien diante de Alex de Minaur, quinto pré-classificado, valendo uma vaga entre os oito.
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