Thiago Wild beats Musetti, achieves unprecedented feat in Madrid and waits for Alcaraz

The Paraná native Thiago Seyboth Wild, number 1 in Brazil and 63rd in the world, is in the third round of the Madrid Masters, in Spain, for the first time in his career. This Friday (26), he surpassed the Italian Lorenzo Musetti, 29th on the planet. The Brazilian is now waiting for Carlos Alcaraz.

Opening the Madrid tournament, Wild needed 1h29 to close the score at 6/4 and 6/4, having converted four aces to two from Musetti, who made seven unforced errors compared to 14 from the Brazilian.

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In a match with two players working well with their serves, the Brazilian was the first to be pressured, having saved two breakpoints in the 4th game, in which he had to take risks with the forehand, looking for the lines and counting on the inaccuracy of his rival, who continued to commit forced errors in the next game and, even coming from 0-40, ended up broken. Wild opened 4/2 and managed, looking to win their games with zero.

In the second stage, Musetti opened by saving breakpoint, kept his serve, did not threaten the Brazilian, who broke in the 9th game, when he risked the return and entered the court.

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Having also reached the third round in the Indian Wells and Miami Masters, Thiago Wild reaches a new level in his career and seeks an unprecedented round of 16 in tournaments at this level. To do this, he is waiting for the winner of the duel between Kazakh Alexander Shevchenko and Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz.

The match also marked Wild’s fourth career victory over a top-30 tennis player in 13 duels.