Australian Open, Musetti beats Shapovalov and advances to the third round

Milan, 16 Jan (LaPresse) – Lorenzo Musetti advanced to the third round of the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the tennis season played on the concrete in Melbourne. In the second round the Italian beat Canadian Denis Shapovalov in three sets in two hours and 40 minutes of play. 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (8-6), 6-2 the score in favour of the 22-year-old from Tuscany, number 15 in the world in the Atp ranking. In the next round, Musetti will find American Ben Shelton, who beat Spaniard Carreno-Busta 3-1 in his match.