{"id":29758,"date":"2025-07-29T10:44:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T10:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/29758\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T10:44:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T10:44:09","slug":"lorenzo-musetti-states-what-he-still-really-wants-to-do-on-the-atp-tour-this-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/29758\/","title":{"rendered":"Lorenzo Musetti states what he still really wants to do on the ATP Tour this season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lorenzo Musetti has made steady strides in his career in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>He ended 2024 by helping Italy defend the Davis Cup, in addition to the Olympic bronze medal he claimed at the Paris Games.<\/p>\n<p>This season the 23-year-old broke into the top 10 and reached his first Masters 1000 final. Furthermore, <a href=\"https:\/\/tennishead.net\/carlos-alcaraz-sends-lorenzo-musetti-message-on-social-media-after-he-retired-from-their-french-open-match-with-injury\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Musetti made the French Open semi-finals<\/a> for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>Now he wants to turn some of these late tournament defeats into victories and there is one other target that Musetti has in mind.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2226545062-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Lorenzo Musetti in action at the Mubadala Citi DC Open 2025\" class=\"wp-image-316075\" \/>Photo by Scott Taetsch\/Getty ImagesLorenzo Musetti wants to qualify for the 2025 ATP Finals<\/p>\n<p>Tennis players set different goals either before or during the tennis season.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to winning Grand Slams, some may aim to win their first title, or to beat a player they have yet to defeat.<\/p>\n<p>Musetti reached the second Grand Slam semi-final of his career at Roland Garros, where he lost to <a href=\"https:\/\/tennishead.net\/tag\/carlos-alcaraz\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carlos Alcaraz<\/a>. This came almost a year after losing in the last four at Wimbledon to <a href=\"https:\/\/tennishead.net\/tag\/novak-djokovic\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Novak Djokovic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With the 2025 season now past the halfway mark, Musetti told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/lorenzo-musetti\/m0ej\/titles-and-finals?titleType=Singles&amp;countType=Finalist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">ATP\u2019s website<\/a> that his main goal is to qualify for the ATP Finals for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDefinitely [Turin] is my biggest goal. But of course I don\u2019t want to put too much pressure on myself. We are halfway through the season, so definitely there\u2019s many, many points to catch,\u201d Musetti said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd of course here in the North American swing there are many with the two Masters 1000s and the US Open. So definitely one of my goals is to be really consistent and try to get as many points as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2223087488-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Lorenzo Musetti hits a backhand at The Championships - Wimbledon 2025\" class=\"wp-image-316101\" \/>Photo by Daniel Kopatsch\/Getty ImagesLorenzo Musetti says his one-handed backhand is harder to play on quicker courts<\/p>\n<p>Musetti is one of the small group of players on the <a href=\"https:\/\/tennishead.net\/tag\/atp\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ATP Tour<\/a> that play one-handed backhands.<\/p>\n<p>It is a shot seen less frequently on tour than in previous eras, but the Italian is helping to keep it alive and when in full flow, the one-handed backhand is an important shot for him that causes plenty of problems.<\/p>\n<p>But he admitted it is most difficult to play his backhand on grass and hard courts, which are much quicker than his favourite clay courts, where he has enjoyed most of his success on tour so far.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I feel the ball, when I play well, I can stay [in extended backhand-to-backhand exchanges]. I think that\u2019s not a disadvantage for me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn clay you have a little bit more time to defend yourself and to recover space. Here on hard courts or grass, the ball is coming faster and you have to be quicker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEspecially on the return side, there\u2019s many disadvantages, I would say, if you play one\u2011handed backhand.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lorenzo Musetti has made steady strides in his career in 2025. 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