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1. Voo de Mar says:

   August 3, 2024 at 9:20 pm

   Points won by each set: | 33-28, 19-30, 29-23 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   24 % Musetti – 20 of 81
   27 % Auger – 22 of 81

   Due to rain, the first medal match in tennis history played indoors. The 22-year-old Musetti [16] in a form of his life lately. He entered the French Open ’24 having lost four straight matches, then he reached the third round where led 2:1 in sets against Djokovic, semifinal in Stuttgart, final at Queens Club, semifinal at Wimbledon (third event on grass in a row), final in Umag and got the bronze medal in Paris playing his second successive week day-by-day on clay. It’s a Top 10 form, but he has to wait to advance there because no ranking points awarded for the Olympic Games.
   Against Auger [18], who got the Bronze medal in mixed-doubles a day before, Musetti was playing an intelligent match, above all waiting for errors of his opponents, breaking at 4-all in the opener and 4:3 in the decider. After 2 hours 17 minutes, the Italian converted his first match point out of balance, perhaps trying to play an approach shot (backhand slice) which turned into a dropshot winner. He celebrated on his back.

   [ITA] Musetti’s route to the Bronze medal:
   1 Gael Monfils [FRA] 6-1, 6-4
   2 Mariano Navone [ARG] 7-6(2), 6-3
   3 Taylor Fritz [USA] 6-4, 7-5
   Q Alexander Zverev [GER] 7-5, 7-5
   S Novak Djokovic [SRB] 4-6, 2-6
   3rd place: Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) 6-4, 1-6, 6-3

   Serve & volley: Musetti 0/1, Auger 2/2

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