Roland Garros live: Musetti-Navone 4-6, 6-4, 4-2. The Italian takes the break
Three Italians on the court today at Roland Garros , chasing the round of 16 of the Parisian Slam . On the court Lorenzo Musetti challenges Mariano Navone . Next up is Matteo Gigante against Ben Shelton and Jasmine Paolini against Julija Starodubceva .
Musetti one game away from winning the third set
Lorenzo Musetti is one game away from winning the third set. The Italian has taken the match in hand and now leads 5-2 in the third set against Mariano Navone .
Musetti consolidates the break: 4-1
Lorenzo Musetti took the field in Paris. The drop shot, his masterpiece backhand. Now it's Mariano Navone who is running on empty. The Italian leads 4-1 in the third set.
Musetti takes the break! 3-1
Lorenzo Musetti took the match in hand. The Italian broke and is leading 3-1 in the third set against Mariano Navone.
Musetti wins the second set 6-4
When your legs don't turn, you need to turn your head. And Lorenzo Musetti , in the second part of the second set, also put his heart into it. With grit, the Italian came back from the Argentine Mariano Navone and closed with a score of 6-4. The same score with which he lost the first set.
Musetti ahead 5-4
Lorenzo Musetti is one step away from winning the second set. During the ninth game he consolidated his serve, taking the lead to 5-4.
Musetti ahead 4-3!
Short balls, that's what Lorenzo Musetti is relying on. The Italian snatched the break at 3-3, and consolidated it (4-3), coming to play at the net much more than he has done so far. The Italian is now in command of the second set against Mariano Navone .
New break from Navone
It's a seemingly haunted morning for Lorenzo Musetti . The Argentine Mariano Navone conquers a new break taking advantage of the tactical confusion that has characterized the Italian's game since the beginning of the match.
Break by Musetti!
Lorenzo Musetti is back in the game! He screams and clenches his fist after placing the forehand at the intersection of the baselines with which he breaks the counterbreak. Now the score of the second set against Mariano Navone is 2-2.
Musetti wins his first game of the second set
In the third game Musetti manages to hold serve and shorten the gap: now Navone , who serves, takes the lead to 2-1.
Navone holds serve, Musetti nervous
Navone consolidates the break and takes a 2-0 lead in the second set. Musetti nervous and in serious difficulty: he is unable to find countermeasures to the opponent's actions.
Second set, Navone immediately takes the break
The second set starts as the first one ended. Navone makes Musetti run a lot, forcing him to make a mistake and immediately stealing the break.
Musetti loses the first set 6-4 against Navone
Two breaks suffered and only one recovered. Lorenzo Musetti loses the first set 6-4 against the Argentine Mariano Navone . The Italian, in some parts of the match, appeared confused, not very decisive, foul-prone as he has rarely been in recent weeks. Also thanks to an opponent who moves a lot, who is not afraid to play from the back and to strike on the counterattack with courageous diagonals.
Musetti shortens: 5-4
The ninth game flies by: Musetti shows off an excellent serve and takes the lead to 5-4.
Navone saves three break points
Musetti creates and destroys. Three times the Italian took advantage in the advantages and three times he failed to break. Navone waited patiently and then struck and took the lead 5-3.
New break from Navone
Lorenzo Musetti in this first phase of the match is inconsistent, alternating great plays with easy wrong answers. Unlike his opponent, always dynamic and attentive. Now Mariano Navone serves and leads the first set 4-3.
Break by Musetti! 3-3
Lorenzo Musetti returns to the match with great determination. The Italian, after having missed two break points against Mariano Navone , took advantage of a gross error in a smash by the Argentine. A tough opponent, however, who also in this game ran a lot, gave depth to the game and made the Italian move so much as to force him to miss some shots within his reach.
Musetti shortens: 3-2
After a long game, won on advantage, Musetti closes the gap and takes the lead to 3-2. The Carrara player played many rallies from the baseline, a change of strategy that paid off.
Navone ahead 3-1
Navone consolidates the break taking advantage of an uncertain Musetti in his responses in this first part of the match. The Italian, in particular, suffers from the convinced backhand of his opponent for which he has not found a remedy for now.
First game won by Musetti
Musetti stays in the game, and that was the important thing. The Carrara player, to win the third game, took full advantage of his serve, placing the ace for 40-30.
Navone holds the service
Even though he suffered from Musetti 's pace, Navone managed to hold his serve and take a 2-0 lead in the first set.
Navone immediately breaks
Musetti 's match started off on the wrong foot. The Carrara player, who won the toss for the service against Navone, immediately gave it to his opponent.
The precedents between Musetti and Navone
The previous matches between Lorenzo Musetti and Mariano Navone are tied (1-1) with the Argentine prevailing in the final of the Cagliari Challenger 2014 by 7-5, 6-1 and with the Carrara native taking revenge at the last Paris Olympics by 7-6 (7/2), 6-3. Navone has already been beaten by two Italians in May: by Sinner in Rome and by Nardi at the Turin Challenger.
Musetti and Navone will be on the field soon
The Roland Garros program begins with the challenge between the Italian Lorenzo Musetti and the Argentine Mariano Navone . The eighth finals of the Parisian Slam , played on red clay, are up for grabs.
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