Lorenzo Musetti Discusses the Challenges of Having Too Much Variety in the Game

Lorenzo Musetti who is seeded third at the Canadian Open, will be looking to regain his form after shocking opening round exits in his last two tournaments.

Lorenzo Musetti Discusses the Challenges of Having Too Much Variety in the Game

Lorenzo Musetti (Image via X/We Are Tennis)

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Four of the top six ranked players and a dozen of the top 45 have withdrawn from the first ATP Masters 1000 event of the North American hard court swing. Those absences have left the draw wide open at the National Bank Open with several players ranked outside the top 40 getting seeds and first-round byes, and similar effects.

Lorenzo Musetti, who is currently No. 7 in the world rankings, is seeded third for Toronto and has gotten a very good draw, wherein he will not meet a top 10 ranked player until the semifinal.

The favorable draw comes at a good time for Musetti, who is hoping to regain his form after shocking opening round exits in his last two tournaments i.e. at the Wimbledon Championships and the Mubadala Citi DC Open. Musetti will be looking to capitalize in the absence of Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, Jack Draper and Novak Djokovic in Toronto, where he has no points to defend.

He decided to skip the tournament last year due to the Paris Olympics, where he clinched the bronze medal defeating Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime. It marked Italy’s second Olympic tennis medal. Further in the North American hard court swing, Musetti has 50 points to defend at the Cincinnati Open and 100 points in the US Open. Ahead of the Canadian Open, the Italian No. 2 opened up about a challenging facet of his game during the press conference:

My tennis is sometimes complicated. I have so many variations, and choosing the right one is often difficult. I find myself in situations where I have to make a choice, and like driving, it’s never easy to make the best choice.

The 23-year-old is known for the variety in his game, including his use of drop shots, defensive backhand slice, and serve and volley tactics. In surfaces like clay, his efficient and smooth one-handed backhand was well noted as he made it to the semifinals or better of every tournament he competed in during this year’s clay swing.

Lorenzo Musetti sheds light on his motivation on tour

Lorenzo Musetti also opened up about missing his family on tour. He has a one-year-old son Ludovico with his partner Veronica Confalonieri, who is also pregnant with their second child. They accompany him sometimes on tour and will next be there to support Musetti at the US Open. He added:

For me, it is a motivation to do well for them, although sometimes it is very difficult, especially when I am far from them. Especially now that Ludovico is growing and starting to understand more, it is not easy. Fortunately, I also have Veronica, my partner, who truly understands my life and gives me all her support; that is the nicest feeling for me. Now in New York, they will come and join my team to finally be all together at a Grand Slam.

Lorenzo Musetti
Lorenzo Musetti (image via Roland Garros)

At the Canadian Open, Musetti will be aiming for his second hard court title and his maiden Masters 1000 title. He reached his first Masters 1000 final earlier this year at the Monte Carlo Masters. However, he had a rather disappointing start to his North American hard court swing losing to Great Britain’s Cameron Norrie in three sets in the opening round of the Washington Open. Norrie lost in the next round of the tournament in straight sets to USA’s Brandon Nakashima.

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