Musetti praises Wawrinka: "Happy to have shared the court with a legend"

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Adrien Guyot

le 06/11/2025 à 09h36

1 min to read

Athènes Musetti Wawrinka

Lorenzo Musetti can still believe in his dream of playing in the Masters. The Italian came from behind to beat Stan Wawrinka to reach the quarter-finals of the ATP 250 tournament in Athens.

Musetti kept his ATP Finals qualification chances intact. The world number 9 made a successful start at the ATP 250 tournament in Athens. The number 2 seed managed to escape the trap set by Stan Wawrinka (4-6, 7-6, 6-4 in 2h24).

After coming within two points of defeat against the Swiss in the second-set tie-break, the Italian then found the key to turn the match around against the three-time Grand Slam champion. Five years after their last meeting, Musetti has enormous admiration for Wawrinka.

"I am happy to have shared the court with a legend. He showed impressive tennis and I had to raise my level to win. I hope that at 40, I will be in the same physical condition as him.

I am happy. Everyone knows my goal (to play in the ATP Finals), and I hope I will have the support of the crowd to win the tournament," said Musetti, who will face Alexandre Muller in the quarter-finals, for Tennis World Italia.