Alert – Roland-Garros: Musetti moves into last 4
Lorenzo Musetti won against Frances Tiafoe 6-2, 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 on Tuesday. He’ll play the winner of the match between American Tommy Paul, the No 12 seed, and Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, the second seed, in the next round
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Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 8 seed, beat American Frances Tiafoe, the No 15 seed, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 to advance to the last 4 of Roland-Garros at Roland-Garros in Paris on Tuesday.
Musetti, ranked No 7, will play the winner of the match between American Tommy Paul, the No 12 seed, and Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, the second seed, next.
Ahead of his victory, the Italian won against German qualifier Yannick Hanfmann (7-5, 6-2, 6-0), Colombian lucky loser Daniel Elahi Galan (6-4, 6-0, 6-4), Argentinian Mariano Navone (4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-2) and Dane Holger Rune, the No 10 seed (7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2).
Tiafoe, ranked No 16, defeated Russian Roman Safiullin (6-4, 7-5, 6-4), Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta (6-4, 6-3, 6-1), No 23 seed Sebastian Korda (7-6 (6), 6-3, 6-4) and German Daniel Altmaier (6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (4)) earlier in the tournament.
Paris (Grand Slam), other last eight results (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 56.352.000, most recent results first):
- Alexander Zverev vs. Novak Djokovic
- Jannik Sinner vs. Alexander Bublik
- Tommy Paul vs. Carlos Alcaraz
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