Lorenzo Musetti’s coach slammed Holger Rune for taking a medical timeout at the 2023 Cinch Championships.
It was a rather interesting match between the players at the Cinch Championships as a semi-final was at stake. Rune never won a match on grass before that ATP event in London and he was playing rather well. Not early in that match though as Musetti found an early 4-1 lead.
Rune took a medical timeout due to a wrist problem, something that plagued him earlier this year. It broke the Italian's momentum as Rune stormed back to win the set 6-4 taking five games in a row. The second set featured more drama as Musetti hit Rune with an overhead. Didn't do much as Rune closed the match in two sets to advance to a maiden semi-final on grass.
Rune is the classic "Mr. Cretinetti" (silly) and he clearly called the MTO on purpose to make Lorenzo lose the concentration.
It's not the first time Rune did something like this according to a 3rd party. Casper Ruud said earlier this year that a tactical MTO helped Rune to turn things around in their match at the Rome Masters. He was questioned about his MTO after the match against Musetti but completely dismissed it. Tartarini is certain of the nature of the MTO which gave him a better idea of what 'type of player' Rune is.
(Musetti) was very naive. He has to learn to move on in those moments. I have to repeat myself; he is a Mr Cretinetti and very arrogant. Disappointed. Because we've known him for some time and Musetti often trained with him, having faced a parallel junior career. Now we understand what type he is.
It will be interesting to see what will happen the next time when Rune faces Musetti. We should see that matchup plenty of times in the future.
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