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Musetti now dominates on his own serveand he holds on to the third set at 1:1. Then comes another break and an impressive shot to make it 3:1 in the second set. But… it’s raining. The hoods and umbrellas are pulled up.

Musetti roars as he hits to equalize at 1-1 in sets after breaking the Frenchman’s strong serve twice.

Mpetshi Perricard is now wobbling when Musetti gets a break and can now serve for the second set. 5:3, 1:0 behind.

Musetti strikes back – now it’s 2:2and in bright sunshine his greater experience comes into play. Perhaps this match will last longer than expected; the two have already met once, in Frankfurt, where the Italian won 7:6 7:6 against Mpetshi Perricard. Musetti also holds his next service game.

Extremely impressive from Perricard breaking Musetti and then breaking his own serve to take a 2-0 lead in the second set. He’s on his way.

Perricard wins the first set 6:4 against Musetti. Perricard reads a line decision well – the umpire had called it – and prepares himself for two set points. The first one goes wide, but there is no doubt about the second one, a strong serve does the job.

Perricard’s serve is brutal and he sweeps Musetti away to take a 5-3 lead. The 20-year-old is a real talent. Musetti saves the next shot, but he has to defend his serve to stay in the set.

They go to 3-3 and then to 4-3 after a deuce on Musetti’s serve. Both are strong men and Perricard’s return is powerful, slamming down the baseline and landing a break on serve.

So, Court 2 and Musetti against Perricard, currently the score is 2:2 on serve. Both have long-haired, bearded coaches.

The weather is currently good enough to start the game.. It is grey and cloudy, with rain expected, just like the rest of the summer.

And the consequences of Murray continue.

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Padel and pickleball are apparently endangering tennis. Does racquetball still exist? Elvis Presley loved it.

Two heavyweights made it in the men’s singles.

The focus of Sunday’s news was the departure of Emma Radacanu.

At 11am, more singles action starts on Court 2:

• (25) Lorenzo Musetti (Ita) against Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (Fra),

• (21) Elina Switolina (Ukraine) – Xin Yu Wang (Chennial)

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