Next Gen ATP Finals: Italian star Lorenzo Musetti continued to thrive at the French Open, racing into the men's singles third round with a straight-sets victory over Daniel Elahi Galan of Colombia on Wednesday.
The eighth seed on Wednesday raced past Elahi Galan 6-4, 6-0, 6-4 to reach the third round at the clay court major, sending out a strong statement to his rivals at Roland Garros.
Musetti converted six of 12 break points he earned, according to Infosys Stats, to wrap a two-hour, six-minute triumph and build impressively on his opening 7-5, 6-2, 6-0 win over Yannick Hanfmann.
“Honestly, today was not easy to play because of the wind,” Musetti was later quoted as saying by the ATP on its website. “I think I managed to stay there and play a solid match. That is what I needed. I had to raise the level, raise the battle, and I’m really happy to be in the third round.”
With this win, Musetti took a 3-0 lead in his ATP head-to-head record against Galan to 3-0 and also improved to 23-5 his record on clay since last July. During that period, his achievements include winning a bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics and reaching at least the semifinals at all three clay ATP Masters 1000 events in 2025, including a championship-match run in Monte-Carlo.
“It’s been a tremendous clay season so far, but the ambitions now are higher and of course, here I never reached more than the fourth round,” said Musetti, who is competing at a career-high No. 7 in the ATP Rankings.
“Hopefully this year will be the year, and the mentality is to try and beat everyone… I have the chance to play against everyone here, and hopefully I will take these chances,” he added.
“It’s been a tremendous clay season so far, but the ambitions now are higher and of course, here I never reached more than the fourth round,” said Musetti, who is competing at a career-high No. 7 in the ATP Rankings.
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