Article by David Istrate – published on Saturday, 09 August 2025 23:02 / Updated on Saturday, 09 August 2025 23:04
On Saturday, August 9, there were two surprises in the second round of the Masters 1000 category tournament in Cincinnati. Specifically, both Lorenzo Musetti (23 years old, 10 ATP) and Casper Ruud (26 years old, 13 ATP) were eliminated by two players outside the Top 60.
The last important tournament before the US Open is Cincinnati, where players can test their latest strategies and raise their morale for the Flushing Meadows competition.
Both Lorenzo Musetti and Casper Ruud were defeated by tennis in France
Lorenzo Musetti and Casper Ruud, two of the world's best tennis players, missed this opportunity, being removed in the second round of the Masters 1000 type tournamentdespite the fact that they had weaker opponents.
The 23 -year -old Italian was dueling with the French Benjamin Bonzi (29 years, 63 ATP), and the match lasted 2 hours and 49 minutes. Musetti awarded his inaugural set, his opponent gave the replica in the second sequence, and the third set entered Tie-Break.
There, Bonzi did better, imposed with 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (4) and qualified in the third round of the Cincinnati tournament. The 29-year-old athlete is waiting for the confrontation with Stefanos Tsitsipas (26 years, 29 ATP), who defeated 7-6 (3), 6-2 on the Hungarian Fabian Marozsan (25 years, 51 ATP).
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The duel between Ruud and Arthur Rinderknech (30 years, 70 ATP) lasted 9 minutes less: 2 hours and 40 minutes. The Norwegian hardly awarded his first set, after the tie-break, but did not resist in the second sequence, very long in turn (56 minutes).
The last set was dominated by Rinderknech, who won 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-2 and obtained the ticket for the next phase. In the third round, the Frenchman will give the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime (25 years, 28 ATP), who defeated 6-2, 7-6 (3) on Argentine Tomas Martin Etcheverry (26 years, 58 ATP).
