Saturday\u2019s draw in Vienna had pitched fourth seed Musetti against Stefanos Tsitsipas<\/a>, but the Greek was forced to withdraw shortly before the match due to a back injury. The 2023 Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF<\/a> champion Medjedovic stepped up to play as a lucky loser, but Musetti shut down the Serbian\u2019s powerful game with a classy 79-minute display. <\/p>\n \u201cThere was a late switch, but of course I think I managed well to focus on my things and what I have to do when I step on the court,\u201d said Musetti after his maiden Lexus ATP Head2Head clash with Medjedovic. \u201cI think it was a solid performance. Nothing special, but definitely what I needed in these moments, to stay solid and stay focused. <\/p>\n \u201cI had a really great attitude today after the beginning was a little bit nervous. It was a great reaction, and that is what we are focusing on, and then I think the tennis will come.\u201d <\/p>\n Now 39-17 for the season, according to the Infosys ATP Win\/Loss Index, Musetti will take on Tomas Martin Etcheverry<\/a> in the second round after the Argentine defeated #NextGenATP star Nicolai Budkov Kjaer<\/a> 6-3, 6-3. Musetti, who is currently eighth in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin, seeks a deep run in Vienna in order to bolster his chances of securing a Nitto ATP Finals<\/a> debut. <\/p>\n Andrey Rublev<\/a>\u2019s outside hopes of reaching the Nitto ATP Finals<\/a> for the sixth consecutive year suffered a significant blow when the seventh seed tumbled to an early exit in Vienna. Cameron Norrie<\/a> produced a fast start and fast finish to prevail 6-2, 6-7(5), 6-2 against Rublev, who is 15th in the Live Race, and level the pair\u2019s Lexus ATP Head2Head series at 3-3. <\/p>\n Home favourite Filip Misolic<\/a> and Francisco Cerundolo<\/a> were also first-round winners on Tuesday in the Austrian capital. Wild card Misolic downed Camilo Ugo Carabelli<\/a> 7-5, 7-6(6) to set a meeting with third seed Alex de Minaur<\/a>. Misolic has risen nine spots to No. 86 in the PIF ATP Live Rankings by reaching the second round on home soil, setting him up to surpass his career high of No. 92 in next Monday\u2019s edition of the PIF ATP Rankings. <\/p>\n Argentine Cerundolo overcame Alex Michelsen<\/a> 6-3, 6-1. He will next face eighth seed Alexander Bublik<\/a> for a quarter-final spot. <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vienna Musetti survives last-minute opponent swap in style in Vienna! Italian sank lucky loser Medjedovic to maintain Nitto…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230262,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-230261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"It](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761081727_106_it-all-adds-up-banner.jpg\"\/)
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