Eye of the Coach #102: “Musetti is too passive to win a Grand Slam title right now”

Although he is a top-quality player clearly moving in the right direction, a question mark still hovers over whether Lorenzo Musetti can challenge for Grand Slam titles.

Patrick Mouratoglou believes that, while his run at Monte-Carlo displayed how good Musetti can be, it also highlighted the Italian’s need to be more offensive throughout the match, not just in the moments when he has no other option.

“Lorenzo Musetti is great player,” says the Frenchman. “He has everything in his game… But he is too passive. That’s why his matches during Monte-Carlo were up and down all the time, because hesitating between attack and defence.”

He goes on to explain that Musetti’s Monte-Carlo run could act as an excellent lesson for the Italian, if he uses it to increase his will to play offensive more of the time.

KEY MOMENTS

• 0:00 – Whether or not Musetti can win Grand Slams is only up to him
• 0:10 – Musetti has everything in his game
• 0:30 – Musetti’s likes clay because he generally prefers to play passive
• 0:40 – His matches in Monte-Carlo were up and down because he was hesitating between passive and aggressive play
• 1:05 – Monte-Carlo can be a good lesson for Musetti

• 1:20 – He plays defensive against the most attacking players
• 1:40 – Not a big difference between Alcaraz and Musetti – just the mindset
• 1:50 – Zverev a counter-puncher, but differs in his approach from Musetti
• 2:30 – Musetti knows how to be offensive, but it is about changing his approach
• 3:10 – In Monte-Carlo, he played offensive around %40 of the time. He needs to do it %100 of the time

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