Lorenzo Musetti defeated Alexander Zverev 7-6(5), 6-2 in the second round of the Rolex Paris Masters on Wednesday, November 4. The straight-sets victory came in Zverev’s first match since he ascended to world No. 1 two days earlier, denying the German a winning start in his new ranking position.
Neither player lost serve through the opening set. Alexander Zverev held off two break points at 4-4, while Musetti erased one at 4-5. The German moved ahead 5-2 in the tiebreak, but Musetti reeled off five consecutive points to close the set 7-5. An ace sealed the set on the Italian’s serve, with the contest lasting one hour and four minutes.
Lorenzo Musetti struck the only break of the match in the third game of the second set to lead 2-1. That breakthrough arrived after one hour and 20 minutes of play. He then held serve throughout the remainder of the set to complete the win. Musetti won all nine of his service games and saved the sole break point he faced. He converted two of six chances on Alexander Zverev’s serve. Zverev produced nine aces to Musetti’s six, while the Italian won 78 percent of points behind his first serve and 63 percent on his second
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