Lorenzo Musetti recalls his ‘DREAM’ training session with Roger Federer labelling it as one of his career goals

The stylish one-handed backhand player was asked about the most inspirational player on the court. 

Lorenzo Musetti recalls his ‘DREAM’ training session with Roger Federer labelling it as one of his career goals

Roger Federer and Lorenzo Musetti (Image via: Open Source)

1st seed Lorenzo Musetti was recently knocked out in the round of 16 of the ATP 250 Sofia Open by British pro Jack Draper on Wednesday. Draper defeated the Italian pro 7-5, 6-2, in one hour and 48 minutes to set up a last-eight clash with Turkish wildcard Cem Ilkel. 

Lorenzo is an amazing player, one of the top young players in the world, so I knew it would be a real challenge.
Draper said after the match via welovetennis

On the sidelines of the tournament, the stylish one-handed backhand player was asked about which player inspired him the most. There’s no prize for guessing who the player was, especially due to the similarity between their playing style.

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He said:

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I had the chance to meet Roger Federer and train with him. And I can tell you that it was kind of a goal to achieve and a dream to realize. I hope you can achieve your dreams in the future.

The Italian was further asked about his favorite tournaments to compete in. He replied: 

Besides Sofia, I will probably say Rome and Monte-Carlo in terms of the crowd.

That’s not all; The 21-year-old picked Wimbledon as his favorite Grand Slam, citing its ‘elegance and history’.

Lorenzo Musetti’s season so far

Lorenzo Musetti’s Asia swing started on a rather underwhelming note at the Chengdu Open. The 21-year-old suffered a straight-set semi-final defeat at the hands of Roman Safiullin.

Before that, Musetti helped Italy cleanly sweep Team Chile 3-0 in Group A of the Davis Cup, held in Bologna. The Italian pulled off the trending ‘dialed-in‘ celebration after his win in the doubles encounter against Chile.

The World No. 27 has a year win-loss record of 32-28. In the recently concluded Paris Masters, the Italian was knocked out in the first round by eventual finalist Grigor Dimitrov in a close 3-set encounter.

The result was a repeat of his first-round defeat in the Vienna Open a week before. At the 2023 Monte-Carlo Masters, he defeated Miomir Kecmanović, compatriot Luca Nardi by a double bagel in just 50 minutes, and world No. 1 and top seed Novak Djokovic to reach his second Masters quarterfinal.

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