PARIS — Lorenzo Musetti received Italy’s first Olympic tennis medal in 100 years on Saturday night time, beating Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 for the boys’s singles bronze.
Requested by an Italian reporter how he deliberate to rejoice, Musetti mentioned he would eat a pizza.
“I have been consuming plain pasta and hen for 3 months, principally,” he mentioned, “so I believe consuming a pizza is the least I can do tonight.”
The one different Italian medal within the sport was claimed on the 1924 Video games — and it additionally got here in Paris, additionally was a bronze and likewise got here in males’s singles.
The 22-year-old Musetti is presently ranked No. 16 and is having probably the most profitable stretch of his profession. He reached his first Grand Slam semifinal three weeks in the past at Wimbledon earlier than dropping to Novak Djokovic.
“A powerful second,” is how Musetti described his latest outcomes.
Musetti additionally was eradicated by Djokovic within the Olympic semifinals on Friday, when Auger-Aliassime misplaced to Carlos Alcaraz. Djokovic meets Alcaraz on Sunday for the gold medal.
Auger-Aliassime was attempting to say Canada’s first singles medal at an Olympics. He nonetheless will go away the Paris Video games with a medal, although, as a result of he teamed with Gabriela Dabrowski to earn the bronze in combined doubles on Friday.
