Lorenzo Musetti has advanced His first semi-final appearance at the French Open On Tuesday he won a four-set victory over Francis Tierfour. Musetti held back Tiafoe despite receiving a sportsman-like behavior warning in the second set after accidentally hitting a line judge with a ball kicked towards the wall behind Roland-Garros out of dissatisfaction.
The eighth seed Musetti responded immediately from the chair judge for a code violation, but was not punished any further. Musetti finished Tiafoe in the fourth set after a series of close line calls went his way in the final game.
Many asked after the match whether Musetti should receive the default and were expelled from the tournament after play. Tiafoe saw the stool’s judgement as if he was expecting a ruling, but only a warning was made.
“It was the judgement of the referee, and ultimately the judgement of the tournament, which was quickly wiped out,” tennis analyst Jim Courier said during live coverage of the event. “We could see (Musetti) getting frustrated, but it wasn’t as if he had taken full throttle kicking the ball.”
Novak Djokovic was Following a similar incident, he was disqualified from the 2020 US OpenLooking back, it’s a little more violent. Djokovic defaulted in the fourth round after hitting the linewoman with the ball out of frustration and accidentally placed the ball in the throat area.
The linewoman was seen by a doctor and was fine, but he had to stop playing.
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Musetti won 6-2, 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 via Tiafoe in the same venue that won the bronze medal at the 2024 Olympics. He will play the winners of the last remaining Americans, Tommy Paul and Carlos Alcaraz for the championship spot on Friday.
Tearfoe and Paul became the first American men to arrive at the French Open Quarter Finals since Andre Agassi in 2003. Tierfour won his second set on Tuesday with a burning cross-court forehand at setpoint Tuesday, but the loss of the third set tiebreak came when his opponent gained the edge in the match.
Musetti took a coacht run in the final set and overwhelmed Tiafoe with his serve, taking advantage of some untimed, unforced errors from his opponents.
