Posted by Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Saturday August 3, 2024
When it comes to Olympic tennis, Paris is a special place in Italy.
Lorenzo Musetti beat Felix Auger-Aliassime at Court Philippe-Chatrier on Saturday to end a 100-year drought for Italian men. Musetti’s 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 win over the Canadian meant he became the first Italian to win a medal since Uberto de Morpurgo took bronze at the 1924 Paris Games.
Paris 1924 🥉
Paris 2024 🥉Lorenzo Musetti is the first Italian medal since Uberto de Modpurgo in Paris 1924! 🕰️#Paris2024 | #Olympics | #tennis pic.twitter.com/ujSaXvoxD7
— ITF (@ITTFennis) August 3, 2024
Sara Errani again Jasmine Paolini will also take hardware to the Olympics. They will face Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider in the women’s doubles final on Sunday.
It’s been a special summer for Musetti. She reached her first Wimbledon semifinal this year, and went 12-3 on grass with a semifinal tie in Stuttgart and a runner-up finish at Queen’s Club. He then switched to clay and reached the final in Umag before heading to Paris.
Lorenzo Musetti, bronze medalist at the Olympics 🥉
WHAT A MOMENT. pic.twitter.com/LW5F5FMKah
– Bastien Fachan (@BastienFachan) August 3, 2024
