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The ATP1000 Monte Carlo Masters continues, with the third round of a highlight match between Serbian king Djokovic and Italy's rising star Musetti.
After a short absence, Deyo returned at the Monte Carlo Masters.
In the first round, Deyo faced Gakhov, who was ranked only 198 in the world, and played harder, but considering that he has been away from the stadium for a long time, returning to form requires a certain amount of game adaptation, so fans feel that it is normal.
In an interview after that game, Deyo said there was a big difference between training and the real game, and bluntly said that the first-round victory was a bit ugly.
Across the net from Deyo is Italian anti-singles rising star Musetti.
In the second round of the previous day, the four current SLR masters in men's tennis set off together, Dimitrov, Tim, Wawrinka three famous players all broke into the sand, only Italian rising star Musetti saved some face for the SLR player, not only victorious, but also bloodied compatriot Naardi in the way of sending two eggs, plus the first round egg delivery defeated Serbian player Kecmanovic, Musetti has played 6-0 in three consecutive sets, it can be said that the current state is good.
This is the fourth time that Musetti has challenged Deyo, and at the 2021 French Open, the 19-year-old Italian star came close to being upset, defeated by Deyo after winning two sets in the first two sets, and lost to Deyo twice last season in hard court matches.
Deyo served the first set.
In the first three games, the two held their own serves, and Deyo started 2-1;
The fourth game begins with the two sides entering a break-serve battle.
First, Musetti's serve suffered a crisis, and he was forced out of the break point by Deyo, and the Italian teenager failed to withstand the pressure at the critical moment, and the serve was lost;
Returning to Deyo's serve, Musetti made an offensive mistake, forcing Deyo to make a series of forehand mistakes and break back at the speed of light;
In the 6th game, Musetti, who broke back, was once again in a difficult situation of saving serve, and was broken by Deyo for the second time to re-establish a 4-2 lead;
In the 8th game, Museti boosted his morale after resolving two sets of difficult maintenance in the non-guarantee serve, and entered Deyo's serve to win the game to resolve another set and successfully break Deyo's victory;
In the ninth game, entering the no-guarantee serve for the second time, Musetti dug a big hole and soon trailed 0-40, and the experienced Deyo seized the opportunity to cash in on the sixth set to narrowly win the first set 6-4.
In the second set, it was Deyo who served first.
Entering the second set, it was another wonderful break battle.
Musetti broke serve twice and Deyo responded quickly, exchanging serves in the first four sets.
Deyo finally managed to save serve in the fifth game, and then broke his opponent's serve three times in a row, and even broke the game to lead 4-2;
Behind Museti refused to surrender, relying on two guarantees and one break for three consecutive games, but instead reversed the game 5-4;
In the 10th game, Musetti entered the serve and was broken by Deyo;
In the 11th game, the restarting Musetti broke straight four points and entered the serve for the second time;
In the 12th game, Musetti did not waste any further chances and successfully saved serve to win 7-5.
The entire second set lasted 12 games, nine of which ended in a break serve, and the serve was suffocated, and finally Museti took a 5-4 lead in a break battle, and then won the set very dangerously.
The tiebreaker continues to start.
The third set entered the third game, and the weather suddenly rained and the match could only be suspended.
After a pause of about an hour, the game resumed.
After returning from the game, both sides recovered their physical fitness to a certain extent, so the serve of the two was relatively relaxed.
The balance of the tiebreaker was broken in the 7th game, Museti relied on a very sharp attack to force a 40-0 good chance in Deyo's serve, three consecutive break points, facing his opponent three game points, Deyo could not escape the crisis, the set was 3-4 behind;
In the 10th game, Museti served to win the game, and the Italian teenager won two consecutive match points with an ace ball;
In the desperate moment, Deyo struggled to defuse, but on the fourth match point, Deyo took two serves off the net and lost the tiebreaker 4-6.
Finally, after three sets of fierce battles, 21-year-old Italian singles player Musetti burst into a super cold, defeating world No. 1 Djokovic after losing the first set and magically reaching the last eight.
Deyo, who lost the match, missed the quarterfinals of Monte Carlo for two consecutive years.
Congratulations again to Musetti for winning!
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