00:00Is Lorenzo Muzzetti close or far to playing the Grand Sam Finals?
00:04It only depends on him. Only him.
00:10Lorenzo Muzzetti is a great player.
00:13He has everything in his game.
00:14The movement, such a good mover.
00:16The forehand, the backhand, the touch, he can volley.
00:20He's a complete player with a huge ball quality.
00:23The ball is really super lively when he hits the ball.
00:26He can accelerate anytime.
00:27He can accelerate with his backhand,
00:28he can accelerate with his forehand.
00:30And I think that's why he likes Klay the most,
00:33because he is globally too passive.
00:36And that's why his matches during this Monte Carlo were up and down all the time,
00:40because he was constantly hesitating between
00:43I'm going to go, I'm going to take my chance,
00:45I have to dictate,
00:46or I hope the guy is going to miss, I'm going to slice,
00:49I'm going to play up, I'm going to defend,
00:52and it's going to work.
00:53He's lost a lot of first sets during this Open and badly.
00:56And then he was sometimes even a breakdown.
00:59And then suddenly he starts to play.
01:01And he starts to be offensive, he starts to dictate.
01:04And then the match completely switches.
01:06I hope it's a good lesson for him, this tournament,
01:08because he's such a good player.
01:09If he manages more his will, his determination to be the one dictating,
01:15and being defensive only when he has no other option,
01:19his level will go crazy up.
01:21And it was interesting because it was, in a way,
01:24a player that is more defensive against a player who is always offensive.
01:28Alcaraz against Muzetti.
01:30And no surprise, that's the one that is offensive who won.
01:33And in a way, the qualities, they're not so far away.
01:36Both can do anything, both have a huge acceleration, forehand, backhand.
01:41But one is crazy offensive mentally,
01:43the other one is still looking for it in a constant manner.
01:49The difference between Sasha and Lorenzo is that Zverev have gone extremely high,
01:55playing a type of game that is counter-punching,
01:59staying quite far behind the baseline,
02:01but not being defensive, just hitting the ball, but not creating.
02:04Mostly being everywhere and giving a good quality depth and everything all the time.
02:10And then, when he was supposed to reach the last steps,
02:13he found out that he couldn't because something big was missing that he never worked on.
02:17So Sasha had to learn to even make one step forward,
02:21or two if the ball is shorter, and take the ball early,
02:24going close to the bounce.
02:25He never learned before because it was working that way.
02:29Lorenzo knows how to do it.
02:30So it's not the same at all.
02:32It just, for the moment, doesn't always, and most of the time,
02:37relies too much on hoping the guy is going to miss.
02:40Same as what people were saying about Richard Gasquet or Gaël Monfils for years,
02:45that they were moving, slicing, hoping the guy is going to miss the ball.
02:50Of course, the quality of the movement of Gaël is so incredible,
02:54he can bring so many balls back.
02:55So it works until a certain level, when you play the best guys,
02:59it's not going to work.
03:01Lorenzo does it sometimes, and, you know, sometimes some long parts in matches.
03:07He's just, he has to fight this every single match for the moment.
03:11And in Monte Carlo, he's done it, let's say, 40% of the time, and 60% of the time.
03:16And if he wants to be number one, top of the game, he'll have to do it 100% of the time.
03:21It goes for six hours in the game.
03:22That should be about 4.9% of the time.
03:24And since then, he's done with the game.
03:27I'm the one who's going to miss the game.
03:29If you want to miss the game, this is the team's game.
03:31I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready.
03:32But, for the reason, this is to be number one's game.
03:34I'm ready.
03:35I'm ready.
03:36You're ready.
03:37I'm ready.
03:38I'm ready.
03:39So, I'm ready.
03:41I'm ready.
03:42You're ready.
03:44I'm ready.
03:44It's a big prize.
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