Lorenzo Musetti saves two match points to beat Dusan Lajovic in Hamburg - UBITENNIS

Lorenzo Musetti saves two match points to beat Dusan Lajovic in Hamburg

By sampaolo
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Lorenzo Musetti came back from one set down to beat Dusan Lajovic 6-7 (4-7) 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 in their first head-to-head ATP Tour in the first round at the Hamburg European Open. 

Musetti earned a break in the sixth game to take a 4-2 lead. Lajovic broke back in the seventh game to draw level to 4-4. Lajovic earned an early mini-break on the first point to win the tie-break 7-4. 

Musetti saved a match point when he was serving at 4-5 and at 5-6 in the second set. The Italian player rallied from 0-2 down by winning five consecutive points to take a 5-2 lead with two mini-breaks en route to sealing the tie-break 7-4. 

Musetti earned the decisive break at 30 in the second game of the third set with a forehand winner. Musetti saved two break-back points at 5-3 15-40 before sealing the win on his first match point after 2 hours and 56 minutes. Musetti is aiming to reach his fourth tour-level quarter final. 

Musetti scored his first tour-level win since May, when he came through the qualifying round before beating Ilya Ivashka and Sebastian Korda en route to reaching the third round at the Madrid Mutua Open. 

Musetti will face either Diego Schwartzman or Emil Ruusuvuori in the second round. 

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