Teen Musetti upsets Wawrinka to become local hero


  • Tennis
  • Wednesday, 16 Sep 2020

FILE PHOTO: Sep 6, 2020; Flushing Meadows, New York, USA; Angelique Kerber of Germany serves against Jennifer Brady of the United States (not pictured) on day seven of the 2020 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Danielle Parhizkaran-USA TODAY Sports

ROME (Reuters) - Three-times Grand slam champion Stan Wawrinka was soundly beaten 6-0 7-6(2) by teenager Lorenzo Musetti, who won for the first time on the professional circuit in the first round of the Italian Open on Tuesday.

It was only a second game on the ATP Tour for the 18-year-old Italian, who came through three rounds of qualifying, before aggressively upending the 35-year-old Swiss to set up a second-round meeting with Japan's Kei Nishikori.

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