The fifth person in the history of the semi-finals of the clay tournament, can Musetti, who is no more than three, knock out Acre this time?

Part of the French Open semi-finals have been decided! As I predicted before the match, Acre and Musetti both beat the American to reach the semi-finals, and the two will face off in their third match of the clay season.

Looking back at the clay season, Musetti's overall performance is a bit of a second, only slightly behind Acre, as he has already achieved a rare record.

Musetti is the fifth player in history to reach the semi-finals of all three clay Masters and the French Open in a single season since the ATP Masters began in 1990. Before him, only Zverev, Murray, and Djokovic had done it once, and the other was the king of clay, Nadal, five times.

Looking at Musetti's clay results this year, he is at least on par with Zverev in 2022. Nadal aside, let's see how Musetti compares to the other three before him at this level!

Deyo:

2008 Monte Carlo semifinals, Rome champions, Hamburg semifinals, French Open semifinals

As early as the '08 season, when Djokovic won his first Grand Slam title, he had a good season on clay in Europe. At that time, Hamburg had not yet been relegated, and in addition to winning the Rome Masters, Djokovic also reached the semi-finals of three other clay tournaments, showing his good clay quality.

Murray:

2016 Monte Carlo semifinals, Madrid runner-up, Rome champion, French Open runner-up;

Compared to Djokovic's '08, Murray's results in '16 were a little better. However, he only won the runner-up in Madrid and the French Open, which is indeed much inferior to winning Wimbledon, Shanghai and Paris Masters and the year-end finals in the second half of the year. That year, Djokovic also completed the final piece of the puzzle for Murray, who made a comeback after losing to Wawrinka the previous year and finally won the title at Roland Garros.

Zverev:

2022 Monte Carlo semifinals, Madrid runner-up, Rome semifinals, French Open semifinals;

Zverev is a true clay player. As early as the 2017 season, he broke the two-man rotation of De and Na at the Rome Masters and won the championship in one fell swoop. And in 2022, he will be full of firepower in the European clay season, especially in the semifinals of the French Open against the king of clay Nadal, which makes people vaguely see the possibility of "Tai Sui's head breaking ground", but unfortunately a sudden injury finally brought this strong conversation to an abrupt end. He was helped out of the field and ended up missing the tour for several months.

In the previous Madrid Masters, he reached the final and finally lost to Alcaraz, who had already been linked to Nicker and Na on the way to qualify, and had to watch the Spaniard win this priceless championship trophy.

Musetti:

Monte Carlo runner-up 2025, Madrid semifinals, Rome semifinals, French Open ❓

Now, Musetti has reached the semi-finals of another Grand Slam, and Alcaraz is still standing in front of him. It's all said that there are only three things, but this time, will the Italians be able to find the key to victory?(Source: Tennis Home Author: Luo Cheng Qiye)