2025 Roland Garros SF - [2] Carlos Alcaraz Garfia (SPN) v/s [08] Lorenzo Musetti (ITA)

[Djokovic_is_the_best#1]

Wth just happened???

Musetti injured and hopefully not too serious. It sounds like hammy.

 

[nolefam_2024]

We must say musetti has skills but his problem is physical and not able to sustain the level.

 

[Red Rick]

Schmuckschmetti moment

 

[FeroBango]

I watched the match, not sure he was injured tbh. Same thing happened vs Nole FO2024, and vs Carlo now. All injuries?

I don't blame him but he sure has a pattern of "giving up".

 

[JMR]

Unfortunately, Musetti has become a "find a way to lose" player in the very biggest matches. He doesn't really choke like Zverev; he just ... falters. If it's not his mind, it's his body. Something always fails.

 

[NYTennisfan]

Musetti i did say at the start was serving bombs. Close to 220kph. That's way bigger than he usually does and I wonder if that caught up with him.

Real shame that . Musetti could have won that match and it may well be that injury came at end of 2nd set hence the hopeless TB

The injury isn't why he lost. Alcaraz stopped donating points then all the effort Musetti put into the first two sets caught up to him towards the end of the 3rd.

 

[messiahrobins]

So true. Especially when you’re a good looking guy with a one-hander. Should have gone the Dimitrov route and focused on driving fast cars in Milan with six Ukrainian supermodels

I like the Grifor way to be fair

 

[Rosstour]

This is pathetic lol, istg we never saw this much cramping from Ferrer and Tsonga and co back in the day. What is up with this gen of players

BioPassport and more advanced anti doping protocols

Musetti retires. 23 years old and a pro tennis player and can’t physically hang. Gimme a break

It's what happens when you're natty and not taking stuff

 

[Sudacafan]

There’s only one thing that Musetti can do to save his honor.

And it would be dishonorable.

He did it.

 

[nolefam_2024]

Unfortunately, Musetti has become a "find a way to lose" player in the very biggest matches. He doesn't really choke like Zverev; he just ... falters. If it's not his mind, it's his body. Something always fails.

It must be body AND MIND

He just gives up

 

[Rosstour]

I like the Grifor way to be fair

Any guy who dates Nichole Scherzinger is highly sus

She dated Lewis Hamilton and you know what they say about him

 

[FeroBango]

Alcaraz took his legs, he poured a lot into the first two sets. This is what Djokovic and Nadal did to second tier players all the time, just wearing them down deeper into the match.

Looks like this is what happened after all.

 

[paolo2143]

Alcaraz has to be strong favourite for title now.

He ended up going from playing what looked like a really long 4 hour plus match to one that finished about 30 mins after end of 2nd set. He will be as fresh as daisy for final.

If Novak does push Sinner tonight and make it a late finish then have to say advantage Carlos.

 

[MichaelNadal]

Now we just need lanky fist pumps to de-mummy the draw

 

[bluetrain4]

Not a huge fan of the retirement there... felt like he could've gutted that out. Fun first two sets disappointing end.

I mean, even 6-1 or 6-2 looks fine (even 6-0 since we know he's hampered). Honestly. In the context of the clay season he's had, getting beat down by Alcaraz after two very competitive sets wouldn't be shameful at all. He's not at the level of the very top guys; he's just a little below. He's comported himself well at all the big clay events this year.

 

[messiahrobins]

Alcaraz needs the roof open on Sunday otherwise he will get smoked by either

 

[Cabeza del Demonio]

Yikes.

One is left to wonder whether Carlos really upped his game or if he was on his way to losing and just got lucky

 

[clayqueen]

Little hamstring tears are the bane of my Existence with how movement-based my game is. It happens too much with him

This is what I was saying a couple of weeks ago. You get your hopes high on Musetti's prospects of winning the match, and it fizzles out like candy floss in the end.

 

[happyandbob]

Alcaraz through! Musetti retires. That sad but his body can’t hold up for long matches.

I'm not sure that's the right conclusion. It's tough for anyone's body to hold up when they are giving max effort every point. It wasn't the long match so much as what he had to output on each point.

 

[Lob And Let Die]

That’s a real shame. Musetti was far too willing to stay behind the baseline and chase everything down in those first two sets - ended up costing him.

 

[zagor]

Shame how it ended.

Still, really entertaining tennis first two sets.

 

[messiahrobins]

Alcaraz has to be strong favourite for title now.

He ended up going from playing what looked like a really long 4 hour plus match to one that finished about 30 mins after end of 2nd set. He will be as fresh as daisy for final.

If Novak does push Sinner tonight and make it a late finish then have to say advantage Carlos.

Yes I think that's a crucial point. That match ended up taking nothing out of him

 

[bw114]

I like the Grifor way to be fair

I realize it reads as sarcasm, but it wasn’t. I adore Grigor. Realized he probably wasn’t going to have what it takes to win a slam and has probably had one of the best lives in human history living as an international playboy

 

[Drighiz]

Ok that having a fit and strong body is to his credit, but Alcaraz is getting a cakewalk into the final, playing injured opponents in the quarter and the semi

 

[Rosstour]

This is what I was saying a couple of weeks ago. You get your hopes high on Musetti's prospects of winning the match, and it fizzles out like ice candy in the end.

Well, it didn't fizzle until midway through the SF of Roland Garros, so he obviously has improved it a bit. He got hurt in his last match vs Carlos as well.

 

[nolefam_2024]

Alcaraz likely would be 7th player in open era to win back to back rg.

 

[Cabeza del Demonio]

What a quitter

Bird flu, anthrax, SARS....

 

[RS]

So frustrating the first 2 sets were good.

 

[Sudacafan]

This is what I was saying a couple of weeks ago. You get your hopes high on Musetti's prospects of winning the match, and it fizzles out like ice candy in the end.

That happens to everyone who still trusts OHBH’s.

 

[Rafa4GOAT]

"What a quitter" - people who wouldn't last 1 day putting in the work it took Musetti to get to where he is. He's had a long clay season and it's easy to forget he actually already had an injury from his run in monte carlo, probably didn't fully heal. Not to mention he also has to take into consideration the soon commencing grass court season where he is a top contender when healthy.

 

[Pheasant]

Wth just happened???

Midway through the 2nd set, Musetti pulled a hamstring muscle while serving.

 

[happyandbob]

Yikes.

One is left to wonder whether Carlos really upped his game or if he was on his way to losing and just got lucky

Carlos stopped playing terribly. I guess in a way it was upping his game, but the outcome was inevitable injury or not.

 

[Sudacafan]

That’s a real shame. Musetti was far too willing to stay behind the baseline and chase everything down in those first two sets - ended up costing him.

He should be prepared for that if he thinks about himself as a slam contender.

 

[FeroBango]

That’s a real shame. Musetti was far too willing to stay behind the baseline and chase everything down in those first two sets - ended up costing him.

Poor as Alcaraz was in patches, he's still a great of the game and such players take the legs of the opps. Alk himself has been on the receiving end on this very court before

 

[messiahrobins]

I realize it reads as sarcasm, but it wasn’t. I adore Grigor. Realized he probably wasn’t going to have what it takes to win a slam and has probably had one of the best lives in human history living as an international playboy

He's the nicest guy u could possibly meet. Very charming and he is very candid privately about his life choices. Fair play to him. You only live once after all. Seriously for some of us 25 grand slams or 1000 gorgeous women is an easy choice.

 

[NoleFam]

Midway through the 2nd set, Musetti pulled a hamstring muscle while serving.

Musetti injured and hopefully not too serious. It sounds like hammy.

Oh man. What a bummer. The match was so great for 2 sets too. I hope it's nothing serious.

 

[Serve&Bash]

Remember in 2021 after Musetti retired against Novak and let it slip in the interview that he wasn’t injured and he was having trouble winning points so he pulled the plug? I remember something like that. Anyways I hope that was not the case today

 

[clayqueen]

Rafa was a raw talent; Federer was not.

 

[Lob And Let Die]

Poor as Alcaraz was in patches, he's still a great of the game and such players take the legs of the opps. Alk himself has been on the receiving end on this very court before

Completely agree - shades of the Djokovic-Alcaraz semi a few years ago where Carlos was teleporting across the court to get every ball back, but clearly expending a lot more energy doing so. First set was a pyrrhic victory for Musetti - won the battle, not the war.

 

[Nappa]

I did not see any injuring out there

 

[Oval_Solid]

wtf happened

 

[cha cha]

On the other hand, with the early finish, I can enjoy more of Coretja's and Sarlat's incoherent chin wagging.
Good for me.

 

[messiahrobins]

"What a quitter" - people who wouldn't last 1 day putting in the work it took Musetti to get to where he is. He's had a long clay season and it's easy to forget he actually already had an injury from his run in monte carlo, probably didn't fully heal. Not to mention he also has to take into consideration the soon commencing grass court season where he is a top contender when healthy.

I'm wondering about grass actually being his best surface possibly. He actually has great technique on his volleys and can serve big.

 

[Jonas78]

I don't blame him but he sure has a pattern of "giving up".

Yeah at least no way all those losses were injuries...

 

[Cabeza del Demonio]

Alcaraz likely would be 7th player in open era to win back to back rg.

Not with that performance.

He's gonna need to up his game several notches, because that won't cut it against Djokovic or especially Sinner.

Luckily, the safe money bet is that he will.

 

[DariaGT]

rope a dope no longer works with RazSin, tuned Killers
Musetti fitness is only for bo3 like most mugs these days
Even Glass Ninja and Gilles Simon won more bo5 sets
I wonder if he won the 2nd would have he retired then?

 

[Legend of Borg]

Lore seems to be quite injury prone.

I wonder how much the mental aspect plays into making the injury feel ten times worse than it is.

 

[Jonas78]

Rafa was a raw talent; Federer was not.

Now put up Monica Seles at 19y & 2months!

 

[TennisGrandpA]

Alcaraz through! Musetti retires. That sad but his body can’t hold up for long matches.

I always maintained that Musetti is not a slam material and he’s proving me right, fans like @Rosstour shouldn’t expect much from him.

 

[nolefam_2024]

Not with that performance.

He's gonna need to up his game several notches, because that won't cut it against Djokovic or especially Sinner.

Luckily, the safe money bet is that he will.

Alcaraz likely raises level vs sinner.