Terence Atmane, 137th in the world, had another success at the Masters 1000 in Rome, eliminating the Italian Lorenzo Musetti, N.29, in the second round on Friday, forced to retire while the Frenchman led 7-5, 1-0 .
Lorenzo Musetti, 22 years old and former world No.15, was unable to continue the match, weakened by an intestinal virus, he indicated after the match.
Coming from qualifying and also aged 22, Atmane reached the 3rd round of a Masters 1000 for the first time in his career.
He had already created a small sensation on Wednesday by beating the American Christopher Eubanks, 43rd in the world, in the first round, 6-4, 6-4, which constituted only his second victory on the ATP circuit after that obtained in Shanghai in October 2023 against Australian Jordan Thompson.
For his first participation in the Rome tournament, Atmane continues his very good run and will face in the 3rd round the winner of the match between the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, 10th in the world and the Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka (80th).
