Barcelona Open: Musetti reaches last eight, sets up all-Italian clash with Sinner
Lorenzo Musetti won against Cameron Norrie 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 on Thursday and will play Italian Jannik Sinner, the No 4 seed, in the next round
Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 9 seed, advanced to the quarter-finals of the Barcelona Open by beating No 7 seed Cameron Norrie 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 at Real Club de Tenis Barcelona on Thursday afternoon.
Musetti, ranked No 20, will face Italian Jannik Sinner, the No 4 seed, next.
The 21-year-old Italian won against Australian Jason Kubler (6-3, 6-1) in the previous round of the Barcelona tournament.
During the second round of the Barcelona tournament, Norrie, ranked No 13, won against Russian qualifier Pavel Kotov (6-1, 6-2).
Barcelona ATP500, other last 16 results (Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, clay, EUR 2.722.480, most recent results first):
- Casper Ruud vs. Francisco Cerundolo
- Daniel Evans vs. Karen Khachanov
- Carlos Alcaraz vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (2) beat Denis Shapovalov (14): 6-3, 6-2
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (10) beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 6-4, 7-5
- Jannik Sinner beat Yoshihito Nishioka (16): 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
- Alex De Minaur vs. Grigor Dimitrov