Tommy Paul Defeats Lorenzo Musetti In Queen’s Club Final To Win 3rd Title

Tommy Paul was extremely dominant in the first set of the Queen’s Club final, breaking Lorenzo Musetti’s serve in the second game of the set in three minutes, having led with two breakpoints. The American then struggled to overcome a resilient Musetti in the next game, overcoming a breakpoint to hold serve. 

Tommy Paul then broke the Italian’s serve again in the sixth game to lead 5-1. He had saved a game point from Musetti before turning the game on its head to win, capitalizing on unforced errors from Lorenzo Musetti. Paul then recovered from gifting Musetti a breakpoint to fire home two winners and see out a largely one-sided first set 6-1.

Paul Relies On A 2nd Set Tiebreak To Win 

Lorenzo Musetti came out better in the second set than in the first. The first six games of the set showed both players in their elements, holding serves with solid performances. In the seventh game, Tommy Paul took the game even further from Musetti when he broke the Italian’s serve, dropping one point in a five-and-a-half-minute game. 

Lorenzo Musetti was staring defeat in the face but managed to rally back and break the American’s serve three games later to get them back on serve. They eventually served the set into a tiebreak. The tiebreak was evenly matched until Paul broke Musetti’s serve on the 17th point to bring up the championship point and went on to serve out the match. 

Road To The Final 

Tommy Paul had entered the tournament as the fifth seed, paired with Argentina’s Sebastian Baez in the first round. After a straight sets win, he went on to defeat Chilean Alejandro Tabilo in the second round. 

Paul then faced his toughest test till then in the quarterfinals against Stuttgart Open winner Jack Draper, who was still high on defeating the then world No. 2, Carlos Alcaraz, in the second round. After defeating Draper, Paul took on fellow American Sebastian Korda in the semifinal. 

Unseeded Musetti took on Libema Open champion, Alex De Minaur, in the first round. He ended up coming from a set down to upset the top 10 player. Lorenzo Musetti then had to rally to win a three-set cracker against Brandon Nakashima.

The American had hit seven aces without a double fault in the match. Lorenzo Musetti then defeated Billy Harris in the quarterfinals. He defeated Jordan Thompson in a match that lasted two hours and 17 minutes and had five breaks of serve in it to get to his third final of his career.