Lorenzo Musetti
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Lorenzo Musetti (born 2002) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 9, achieved on 5 May 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 142, achieved on 1 April 2024. Musetti has won two ATP Tour singles titles. Musetti reached a major semifinal at 2024 Wimbledon and won the bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Quotes
[edit]- From an interview of Francesco Sessa, gazzetta.it (July 14, 2021)
- Nowadays everyone can play: some may have less talent but more physical preparation. And this can bring results in the long run. Injury prevention is also a key aspect.
- I like working out a lot, especially during winter training. I also like to work with weights, which we tennis players don't do very much. Instead I struggle a bit with aerobic work and running, but it's very important: endurance is very important.
- I don't have a diet, I've never been someone who eats badly or likes unsporting things. With my fitness trainer we're looking after this part a little bit, but not too specifically. I try to vary a lot and eat things that make me feel good. Clearly, before the match it wouldn't make sense to gain weight.
- I'm lucky that my game adapts to all surfaces, I've never struggled too much. There's no need to upset my tennis, there are some adjustments to be seen on the court.
- I like basketball a lot. My favourite player is LeBron James, so I have to admit that I've changed teams to support based on his movements: I've supported Miami, Cleveland and now the Lakers... And then there's Federer.
- From an interview of Alessandro Cappelli, Undici, n°. 50 (May-June 2023); as quoted in rivistaundici.com (July 7, 2023)
- I like to be identified as a tennis aesthete, because I, Lorenzo, as a person before being a tennis player, like to look for beauty in all things, even off the court. [...] Of course, elegance does not always correspond to effectiveness and sometimes I would prefer to be less beautiful but more effective.
- My father put a racket in my hand almost for fun, as a joke, and it was immediately apparent how easy it was to hit the ball.
- I believe I am part of a generation of very strong and very promising youngsters who are reviving a passion for tennis in Italy, which was perhaps dying out a bit. You can see that spectators are getting more and more involved, we also see it during tournaments in Italy, where there is always a lot of cheering. There are many very strong tennis players, and I would say that this group can dream of bringing the Davis Cup to Italy.
- Getting to these levels talent alone without all the daily work is not enough, maybe in other sports you can compensate, but here {{NDR|in tennis} a combo of talent and training is indispensable.
- In the past being so multitasking, complete and being able to do a bit of everything was also a problem, now I can slowly simplify the strategy and schematise a bit more. But it is always a balance of pros and cons: on the one hand there are the difficulties in selection, on the other hand if you can do a bit of everything you gain in unpredictability.
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