A dazzling Lorenzo Musetti signed the feat and flew into the semifinals at the Rome Masters 1000, overcoming Alexander Zverev with a score of 7-6, 6-4 in two hours and fifteen minutes. After a first set full of emotions and decided at the tie-break, dominated by the Italian, a break in the second partial was enough to close the match and take the pass to the semifinals, where he will face Carlos Alcaraz, victorious over Draper in two sets. There was great emotion at the end of the match for Musetti, who thanked the Roman audience: "It was a very tough match, two tight sets. The difference was made by you who supported me from the first point". Then he added with humility, "That first set was perhaps more deserved by him, but I stayed there until the end, fought on every point and grew". Also striking was the Italian's winning strategy of short balls in the decisive moments, "Against a player like him they work well. I used them at the right time". Meanwhile, Jannik Sinner knows his next opponent in the quarterfinals, namely Norway's Casper Ruud, who beat Munar 6-3, 6-4 in one hour and thirty-nine minutes.