Musetti Eliminate Rune And Advance To French Quarter-Finals Open

Italian tennis player Lorenzo Musetti has qualified for the French Open quarter-finals (photo: x @federtennis ·)

JAKARTA The Italian tennis player, Lorenzo Mustetti, continued his brilliant performance in the clay season with an impressive victory over Holger Rune in the fourth round of the French Open 2025. Competing at Court Philippe Chatrier on Sunday, June 1 evening local time, Musetti performed brilliantly to beat the Danish tennis player with a score of 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 and ensured his place in the quarter-finals of this clay Grand Slam for the first time.

The world number seven will face 15th seed from the United States, Frances Tiafoe, for a ticket to the semifinals.

I dreamed about this game last night and I played at that level. I have to look really good, and I'm really proud of myself tonight," said Musetti after the game.

With his signature technique and one mainstay backhand, Musetti made the audience fascinated through smart games and precision punches. He started the match very quickly, broke the Rune service in the first game through a hand-winner, then strengthened the 2-0 advantage.

But Rune, who appeared aggressive in the second set with a strategy to advance to net, won the set and equalized. Unfortunately, the inconsistency haunts the 10th seed again. In the third set, Musetti reset the rhythm of the game and took advantage of Rune's mistake to lead and win the set with a score of 6-3.

The fourth set became the stage of Musetti's dominance. He carefully anticipates Rune's pattern of play and produces a number of brilliant passing shots. Rune also lost momentum, and made a mistake after giving him pressure until finally Musetti closed the match with an ace.

Musetti, 23 years old, has now reached the semifinals in three clay Masters tournaments this season and has shown that he is not only a talented tennis player, but has also found maturity and consistency in his game.

"I'm calmer now and don't complain much like I used to," he said.

In an emotional greeting to his supporters who attended late at night in Paris, Musetti said: To all Italians who are here in Paris, your support is very important, it helps me beyond my limits.

The quarter-final match against Frances Tiafoe will be the next big challenge, but with a performance like this, Musetti looks set to go further at Roland Garros 2025.