DAVIS CUP FINALS

November 25, 2023

Lorenzo Musetti

Team Italy

Press Conference

M. KECMANOVIC/L. Musetti

6-7, 6-2, 6-1

Team Italy - 0

Team Serbia - 1

THE MODERATOR: We will start with English questions.

Q. Lorenzo, just tell us about the physical situation in the third set and how that may have impacted the match.

LORENZO MUSETTI: Yeah, honestly, I'm really, I think you can see, really sad and disappointed about how it end, the match. Of course I don't want to take any, let's say -- I don't want to leave any, let's say, compliments on Miomir win, because he deserve it. I'm happy for him, because he showed really a great level and really a great consistence till the end.

Unfortunately at the beginning of the third set, I felt something. Of course was impacting my game mentally and physically. So I start to move slower and serve slower, so of course Miomir took advantage of it. That was pretty easy for him finishing the match.

Q. I just want to know what the plan is now. Of course we've got a pretty big match happening and maybe a final tomorrow. But just between now and Australia and before the Australian Open, what's the schedule?

LORENZO MUSETTI: Yeah, I mean, of course now the focus is to support Jannik and hopefully can get a win and we can go to the doubles, and hopefully we can play the final tomorrow.

After this event, I will take one week off, for sure, and then start preseason in Monte-Carlo where I live. Then I don't know yet which is the first tournament that I'm gonna play, Brisbane or Hong Kong, but for sure I'm going to start from that week.

Don't know yet which tournament, but I will do some tournaments before the slam.

Q. Lorenzo, if Italy gets to the final, do you think you're going to be fit enough to be able to play?

LORENZO MUSETTI: It's tough to answer this question right now, because I have no idea what I have. So we're gonna see with some, let's say, deeper exam in the afternoon today, so we're gonna know what's going on with my leg.

If in case, I mean, there is nothing, I will give the 100% I have on my body. So hopefully we will be ready for tomorrow, but first of all we want to see -- I mean, that's a good score right now, but, I mean, everybody knows Novak (smiling).