{"id":274922,"date":"2025-11-10T20:47:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T20:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/274922\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T20:47:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T20:47:07","slug":"i-knew-i-couldnt-be-at-100-in-shape-musetti-on-atp-finals-first-match-fatigue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/274922\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI knew I couldn\u2019t be at 100% in shape\u201d \u2013 Musetti on ATP Finals first match fatigue"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lorenzo Musetti admitted he was not at 100% physically during his ATP Finals debut against Taylor Fritz (lost 6-3, 6-4<\/a>), citing the grueling schedule that brought him straight from the Athens final<\/a> on Saturday to Turin with little rest.<\/p>\n

Musetti, who lost to Novak Djokovic in a three-hour Athens final, said he felt the effects of fatigue throughout the match, especially in his legs and reflexes. \u201cI knew I couldn\u2019t be at 100% in shape, especially physically,\u201d Musetti said. \u201cMentally, I\u2019m really glad I\u2019m here, but physically, I felt heavy and slow.\u201d<\/p>\n

Musetti : \u201ca little bit slower in everything\u201d<\/p>\n

Musetti described the challenge of adapting to the different court conditions between Athens and Turin, noting the higher bounce and faster pace in Turin made it harder to recover. \u201cI felt physically that I was a little bit slower in everything I was doing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn terms of reflexes, in terms of feeling the ball, I was not feeling it well.\u201d Musetti clarified that he did not experience cramps during the match, as a reporter suggested, but his legs were notably heavy and his movement was sluggish. \u201cI didn\u2019t have cramps,\u201d he said. \u201cBut when I tried to serve, my legs were quite heavy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite the physical strain, Musetti praised Fritz\u2019s performance and acknowledged the American was the better player on the day. Musetti will try to get his first ATP Tour win on Tuesday at 8:30 pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lorenzo Musetti admitted he was not at 100% physically during his ATP Finals debut against Taylor Fritz (lost…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274923,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":{"0":"post-274922","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274922","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=274922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}