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Novak Djokovic vs Lorenzo Musetti: Olympic Tennis tournament – Semifinal

Novak Djokovic and Lorenzo Musetti will face each other in the semifinals of the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Novak Djokovic Profile

The player who spent the most weeks being No. 1 in the history of tennis is currently second. Novak Djokovic is 27-7 for the season and 14-3 on clay.

He is coming off a 6-3, 7-6 win over Stefanos Tsitsipas in the quarterfinal. Previously in Paris, the Serbian defeated Dominik Koepfer, Rafael Nadal and Matthew Ebden.

After winning seven titles last season, Djokovic has yet to win a single one in 2024. His best result of the season was the final at Wimbledon, where he lost to Carlos Alcaraz.

Djokovic has won 24 Grand Slam titles in his career, the most in the history of tennis, but has never won an Olympic gold.

Lorenzo Musetti Profile

Lorenzo Musetti is 16th in the ATP rankings, one spot lower than his career high. The Italian is 36-21 for the season and 17-9 on clay.

He is coming off a 7-5, 7-5 win over Alexander Zverev in the quarterfinal. Earlier in the tournament, he defeated Taylor Fritz, Mariano Navone and Gael Monfils.

Musetti reached four finals this season but lost every single one of them. Most recently, he lost the final in Umag to Francisco Cerundolo.

Head-to-Head Djokovic leads 6-1

• Djokovic vs Musetti 6-4, 7-6, 6-4 (2024 Wimbledon, semifinal)
• Djokovic vs Musetti 7-5-, 6-7, 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 (2024 French Open, third round)
• Djokovic vs Musetti 7-5, 6-3 (2024 ATP Monte Carlo, round of 16)
• Musetti vs Djokovic 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 (2023 Paris Masters, quarterfinal)
• Djokovic vs Musetti 6-0, 6-3 (2022 Paris Masters, quarterfinal)
• Djokovic vs Musetti 6-3, 6-3 (2022 ATP Dubai, first round)
• Djokovic vs Musetti 6-7, 6-7, 6-1, 6-0, 4-0 ret. (2021 French Open, round of 16)

Prediction and Conclusion

These two players faced each other at the French Open and Wimbledon recently, and Djokovic won both of those. At the Roland Garros, he came back from a 2-1 down in a match that ended around 4 a.m. local time. Now the Serbian will have to push even harder since he is only one win away from playing for the only title he has never won. He had some sutrggles with the knee in the quarterfinals but said that he would play even if the doctors do no allow him to. Musetti is coming off a win over the defending Olympic champion and will not just show up in the semis. Anyway, Djokovic is hungry as never before, and he will cruise past Musetti in a straight-set win.