Roland-Garros: Musetti moves into last 16 as last Brit Norrie falls, could face Alcaraz next
Lorenzo Musetti beat Cameron Norrie 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 on Friday evening and will play the winner of the match between Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, the top seed, and Canadian Denis Shapovalov, the No 26 seed, in the next round
Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti in action during his first round match against Sweden’s Mikael Ymer at Roland-Garros in 2023 (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)
Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 17 seed, moved into the last 16 of Roland-Garros by beating No 14 seed Cameron Norrie 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 in Paris on Friday.
Musetti, ranked No 18, will play the winner of the match between Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, the top seed, and Canadian Denis Shapovalov, the No 26 seed, next.
The 21-year-old Italian won against Swede Mikael Ymer (7-5, 6-2, 6-4) and Russian Alexander Shevchenko (6-1, 6-1, 6-2) earlier in the tournament.
In the previous rounds, Norrie, ranked No 13, won against French wildcard Benoit Paire (7-5, 4-6, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4) and French qualifier Lucas Pouille (6-1, 6-3, 6-3).
Paris (Grand Slam), other third-round results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 49.600.000, most recent results first):
- Alexander Zverev vs. Frances Tiafoe
- Daniel Altmaier vs. Grigor Dimitrov
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Taylor Fritz
- Holger Rune vs. Genaro Alberto Olivieri
- Borna Coric vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
- Nicolas Jarry vs. Marcos Giron
- Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild
- Zhizhen Zhang vs. Casper Ruud
- Carlos Alcaraz vs. Denis Shapovalov
- Juan Pablo Varillas vs. Hubert Hurkacz: friday
- Diego Schwartzman vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas: friday
- Novak Djokovic (3) beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (29): 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5), 6-2
- Sebastian Ofner (Q) beat Fabio Fognini: 5-7, 6-3, 7-5, 1-6, 6-4
- Lorenzo Sonego beat Andrey Rublev (7): 5-7, 0-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-3
- Karen Khachanov (11) beat Thanasi Kokkinakis (WC): 6-4, 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (5)
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