Lorenzo Musetti Cracks the High-10 and He's Nonetheless within the Hunt in Madrid

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Thursday Could 1, 2025

Lorenzo Musetti has been taking part in eye-catching tennis ever since he hit the tour in 2020. Subsequent week, he’ll do it as a member of the ATP’s High-10.

Musetti’s 6-4, 6-2 beatdown of Alex de Minaur despatched the Italian as much as No.9 within the ATP’s stay rankings and guaranteed him a spot within the High-10, which suggests the 23-year-old will turn into third youngest Italian man to ever obtain the feat, and the sixth Italian man in historical past to succeed in the High-10.

“A tennis architect within the Michaelangelo mould” 🎨@Lorenzo1Musetti #MMOpen pic.twitter.com/3qstT4KUIm

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Musetti, who reached the semifinals at Wimbledon final yr, then gained bronze on the Paris Olympics, has gained 17 of his final 20 matches on clay, and he’ll bid to succeed in back-to-back Masters 1000 semifinals, after reaching that far in Monte-Carlo in April.

The previous junior No.1 is 15-5 on the season and can face Canadian fortunate loser Gabriel Diallo in quarterfinal motion on Thursday in Madrid.