Musetti disappoints at the Next Gen: no semi-finals. Also out Passaro and Arnaldi

Lorenzo Musetti disappoints the tennis fans of Milan. The 20 year old from Carrara, n. 23 of the world and favorite No. 1 at Next Gen Atp Finals, was eliminated in the group stage. In the decisive challenge of the red group he was overwhelmed by the British Jack Draper, no. 41, which taught him a real lesson by overcoming him with a score of 4-1, 4-0, 4-3 (3). Musetti appeared in difficulty right from the start against the power and angles of the Englishman, among other things perfect in the serve (12 aces, 72% of firsts and 0 break points allowed). Only in the third set the Tuscan had a start and managed to hoist the tie-break. At 3-3, however, Draper changed gears and finished with 4 winners in a row (2 aces, a backhand volley and a straight down the line).

Passaro and Arnaldi are also out

Draper will face the American Brandon in the semifinals on Friday (9pm) Nakashima, no. 49, which closed the green group with full points, extinguishing (4-3, 4-2, 4-1) the residual hopes of Francesco Passaro (who would have had to beat him 3-0 to move forward). The last Italian in the race, Matteo, also left the scene Arnaldi than in the playoff match with Jiri Lehecka, no. 74, ended up bowing with a score of 4-3 (5), 4-1, 4-3 (4). The Czech in the other semifinal (7 pm) will face the surprising Swiss Dominic Stricker, n. 111, who finished with full points leaving just 5 games (4-2, 4-1, 4-2) to the already eliminated Chun-Hsin Tseng.