By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Wednesday May 19, 2021
After being pushed by 19-year-old Italian Lorenzo Musetti on Saturday at Lyon, World No.5 Stefanos Tsitsipas heaped some high praise on the rising star.
“He has a lot of potential and he has proved himself multiple times before,” Tsitsipas told reporters. “He's definitely a competitor that I will take seriously and a player that will be challenging me in the next couple of years.”
Musetti has enjoyed a very successful 2021 campaign. He’s now 12-7 with semifinals in Acapulco and Lyon, and he has earned four Top 20 wins. Musetti, who will turn 20 next March, is projected to rise to 76 in Monday’s ATP rankings, a new career-high.
“I see him at the top,” Tsitsipas said after his 4-6, 6-3, 6-0 win over Musetti. “I see no reason he won't be there, but that also will have to do a lot with his mentality and the way he approaches his tennis and how much he works hard to get to the top of the game. I see no reason that he won't be a good player. He has everything.”