By Richard Pagliaro | Monday, November 10, 2025
Photo Credit: ATP Finals Facebook
Italian fans lie Lorenzo Musetti With a roar of surprise as he walked onto the court for his ATP Finals Debut.
Cruel Taylor fritz spent the next 100 minutes Mussetti and the Turin faithful.
Filling Mumetti’s magical hands with deep magic, Fritz dispatched the Italian 6-3, 6-4 in his opening round of the ATP Finals.
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A focused Fritz served under 13 aces against double faults and saved all four break points he faced. Fritz snapped a narrow losing streak to Mumetti, including 3-6 (5-6 (5), 6-2, 3-6, 6-1), and was defeated by 2024 Wimbledon in the Mustetfinals where he was drawn by Schet Chet.
Today, Fritz blocked the Spin Doctor’s ability to transform and deepen. Musetti saved a match point in the ninth game and opened a 30-love lead on Fritz’s Worth.
Under the duress in the first performance in the second period, Fritz lowered the heat hammer that will be successfully moved acres and finish with flashy fteraping who wins to close in ONR Hour, 42 minutes.
First statement 💪@Taylor_fritz97 beat home favorite Mumetti 6-3 6-4 to open his turtle campaign with a win ✅#Nittoatpfinals pic.twitter.com/hjkesxfmk11
– Tennis TV (@tennistv) November 10, 2025
“I think the things I want to do against him in fast court,” Fritz said Tennis Channel’s Prakash Amritraj after that. “I think the things I want to do on a slower court, it’s hard to do. Obviously, he got me a long time at Wimbledon, but I feel like I’m very ambitious with the ball and I would be able to finish the ball and also be able to get the ball out.
“I feel like this court’s enthusiasm when filming I was able to feel like I don’t have to close his chips to hurt him and I’m always aggressive.
Credit Mesetti, who faced the constant pressure of his service, by fighting 10 points of 12 violations – and fatigue from Athens Last Saturday. Musetti made her match, but Fritz called the shots from all areas of the court, including winning 10 of 14 trips to the Net and the Italian’s Drop Wort Afrain made it several times.
The last man to qualify for Turin got the first chance of the break of the match. Musetti held all four break points in the third game. Fritz hit an ace to clear the fourth break point, then threw another ace to go ad-in and lead 2-1.
That almost led to the mounted masetti in the next game as they cut the lead to 40-30.
Court position was key today as Fritz was tied up near the baseline and blasted a backhand down the line for the second break point. Musetti netset a hard volley as Fritz broke for a 3-1 lead.
The sixth seed scored a smash to secure the break at 4-1.
Going back, Fritz fired his fourth ace and then followed up with a stab serving to seal the 48-minute opening with his second straight love.
Fritz scored ten straight points following that one-out lead.
“First of all I have to say that Taylor played really, really well,” Mumetti said in Turin. “It’s true, big congratulations to him. I think he showed a really good performance. I think the conditions and the way I heard he was playing, he’s in really good shape.
“Well, for my part I was serving well. Then there were a few maybe not bad situations, but some situations where I could go up in the Score.
Despite the fact Meshetti served 64 percent of that set, Fritz put the Italian under constant pressure. Break points earned the American three games out of Mumetti’s four games.
Starting the second set with heavy pressure, Fritz hit missetti in hidden positions behind the baseline earning four break points in the opening game.
At that time, Mumetti, who lost the Athens Final in King Novak Novak Djokovic on Saturday, was beating his head race against his thighs. It was as if Musetti was trying to turn his river into a defibrillator to save his life with his exhausted legs by competing in his fifth Games in the past five years.
In an adventurous game that saw the Italian miss the efforts of the long wakerm of the walerm, he fights for four points that blame the difficult minute of 12-and-a-half holding the moment of his hands when he raises his palms in the air “for something simple.
The sharp fritz continued to put out the fire driving deep into the corner.
The Man in Black hit a double-faulted black ruin in a row to give Fritz another break point.
To relieve the base, Fritz hit an inside-out force to break the lead of the second set.
The 2024 US Open confirmed the break with love holding 3-1.
Credit Resetti for saving the game point with a perfect rush and catch at 4-5. Fritz played two shots for Naval to fall behind at love-30 in the next game.
Reaching back, Fritz launched a rocket that served to close and reach his heads in 3-all with wometti.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfunx1asjmm
“I wouldn’t say I’m cool and collected,” Fritz said. “I missed two balls that I can’t miss to drop love-30.
“So I said to myself: WOW, I have the grace to chase from behind to need to get free points for everything I serve.”
