Lorenzo Musetti revealed he lost his luggage upon arriving to Hamburg and then also sustained food poisoning. Musetti, who didn’t initially make the Hamburg main draw cut, was scheduled to play in the qualifying event but got into the main draw directly after a player withdrawal.
Not having to play the qualifying event gave Musetti two extra days to return his rackets but then he sustained food poisoning. What seemed like a campaign destined to end with a disappointment, ended with a career-best run as Musetti reached the Hamburg final – in which he upset Carlos Alcaraz to win his first ATP title.
“I arrived here on Thursday from Bastad and with all the strikes, one of my luggage [bags] got lost,” Musetti told the ATP website. “[It was] the one with the rackets, so I was a little bit worried about how I would play, because I was still in qualifying.
Then I got in [the main draw], so I managed to pick up the rackets. The night before the start of the matches, I threw up all night. I had food poisoning, so I felt a little bit sick. I didn’t expect to go as far as I went, so I’m happy that my luck turned around at this tournament”.
Musetti enjoyed a career-best week
Musetti entered this week as an ATP champion and he is also now enjoying a career-high ranking of No. 3 in the world. After upsetting fifth-ranked Alcaraz in the final for his first ATP title, Musetti described it as a “dream.”
“For me it’s a dream. Obviously I always dreamed about winning a title and I didn’t have any chances before,” Musetti added. Musetti made his first big run at the 2021 French Open, when he reached the last-16 before retiring in the fifth set versus Novak Djokovic.
Musetti struggled with his game after the 2021 French Open and at the start of 2022 but now he seems to be playing the tennis of his life.
