Italian Teenager Musetti Stuns Wawrinka
ROME (Reuters) - Three-times Grand slam champion Stan Wawrinka was soundly beaten 6-0 7-6(2) by teenager Lorenzo Musetti, who won for the first time on the professional circuit in the first round of the Italian Open on Tuesday.
It was only a second game on the ATP Tour for the 18-year-old Italian, who came through three rounds of qualifying, before aggressively upending the 35-year-old Swiss to set up a second-round meeting with Japan’s Kei Nishikori.
Wawrinka made a string of errors as he lost the first eight games before working his way back into the game.
Musetti, however, held his nerve to take the second set tiebreak and the match
It was only a second game on the ATP Tour for the 18-year-old Italian, who came through three rounds of qualifying, before aggressively upending the 35-year-old Swiss to set up a second-round meeting with Japan’s Kei Nishikori.
Wawrinka made a string of errors as he lost the first eight games before working his way back into the game.
Musetti, however, held his nerve to take the second set tiebreak and the match