Elegance or resilience?

The Italian needs to confirm his return to form to go after the Masters, but the Argentine has the weapons to keep the doubts alive.

Not very convinced by Musetti lately, but his first round was good, and the rather slow conditions with a slightly higher bounce suit his game better than other indoor events. This observation also applies to his opponent today, Etcheverry, who was convincing as well and is finding conditions that allow him to impose his solidity from the baseline. They’ve played once, this year in Madrid on quick clay during the Italian’s best stretch, where he won 7-6, 6-2 in the first round before going on to reach the semifinals. In this matchup, the whole issue for Musetti will be whether he can regularly break through the Argentine’s defense, and I feel that at this stage he still doesn’t offer many guarantees that he can do it often enough to ensure an easy win. Musetti is listed as a heavy favorite at around 1.30, which seems quite low to me and, as you’ve understood, my idea is rather to look for something in favor of the Argentine.