Lorenzo Musetti revealed a conversation he had with Novak Djokovic’s team after their Wimbledon semi-final.
The 22-year-old battled valiantly but the Serbian was too strong as he went on to register a straight sets win and reach Sunday’s championship match for a 10th time.
This brings an end to a fantastic campaign at Wimbledon for the Italian, who reached the last four of a major for the first time in his career.
He is now set to re-enter the world’s top 20 and he will be looking to continue the momentum he has built over an impressive grass court season.
What did Lorenzo Musetti say to Novak Djokovic’s team after the Wimbledon semi-final?
Though Musetti will be disappointed to have suffered defeat to Djokovic, he can be proud of what he tried to do on the court to trouble the World number two.
Despite his best efforts, he fell short and he was very impressed with the level of play shown by the 24-time Grand Slam champion.
This is something the 25th seed communicated with Djokovic’s team after the contest. “As I was saying to his team in the locker, this is the 7th time I think that we were playing each other. I never faced a Novak like this,” he told reporters.
“Today I was really impressed. It was our first meeting on grass… his tennis fit really well on this surface. Especially how he returns. It’s kind of like a joke.
“Today was really a joke at the end how he was returning. In the important points, especially in the 2nd set at the end I had chances to break him.. but he was serving really well. He deserved to win.”
Novak Djokovic is ready for his Wimbledon finals rematch with Carlos Alcaraz
Despite the uncertainty around his fitness after having knee surgery just over a month ago, Djokovic has reached another Grand Slam final.
His form and confidence in his movement has grown with each match and he was playing excellently by the end of his match with Musetti.
A year on from suffering the agony of losing a five-set classic to Carlos Alcaraz in the Wimbledon final, Djokovic is ready to seek his revenge.
“He’s going to win many more Grand Slams, but hopefully maybe not this one, in the future when I retire in about 15 years,” he said during his on-court interview about Alcaraz.
“Jokes aside, he beat me in the Wimbledon finals last year in a thrilling five-setter, so I don’t expect anything less than a huge battle on the court. He’s as complete a player as they come, so it’s going to take the best of my abilities to beat him on Sunday.”
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