Lorenzo MTI emphatically ripped off his shirt after defeating mamir kek manovic in an almost 4-Hour battle Lorenzo musetti celebrated his win over mamir kekovic dramatically in the 2024 Us open after defeating the Serbian in an almost 4-Hour match the Italian promptly took off his shirt and screamed in Joy after vanquishing his opponent as he celebrated his win the crowd on hand chanted Lorenzo in support after the 22-year-old's impressive of accomplishment he will face Brandon Nakashima in the third round on August 30th Friday for MTI to be more demonstrative after defeating kek manovic makes sense considering just how close to elimination the Italian was throughout the night Misti faced two match points in the fifth set before pulling out the 3 to6 6 to4 6 to4 2 to6 7 to5 victory over the Serbian star Coco goof shows immense class with behind the scenes you s open gesture to Iva jovic US Open Star denied over $100,000 prize money due to controversial rule mti's latest success in the US Open is just another indicator of the improved form he's shown in recent months at Wimbledon meetti reached the semi-final for the first time falling to Novak jokovic then during the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris the Italian defeated Felix aelas for the bronze medal in the men's singles event in doing so Misti became the first Italian tennis player to win an Olympic medal in 100 years after the bronze medal win Misti couldn't contain his excitement as he celebrated his historic win I've been eating plain pasta and chicken for 3 months basically Misti said after his win per ESPN so I think eating a pizza is the least I can do tonight a magnificent moment coincidentally enough MTI lost to jokovic in the Olympic semi-final and after his bronze medal win the 22-year-old explained how it could help springboard his career moving forward as he looks to make noise I think it's a starting point MTI shared with reporters hat tipu tennis.com I come from a magnificent moment and I am confirming it week after week so it can be said that there has been a leap in quality along with the bronze MTI hoped his form would carry over to the ADP finals in Turin at the end of the season that is definitely the dream he continued it is a challenging goal but not impossible there are still many points and many tournaments left so this bronze also gives me hope of ensuring a certain status this continuity can help me achieve all the goals I have for now he will have to focus on defeating Nakashima the American in what is surely to be an interesting matchup between the two stars along with musetti and nakashima's intriguing matchup another contest to keep an eye on is Francis tifo and Ben Shelton's semi-final rematch I am really looking forward to it Shelton said of his rematch with tifo we had a great battle in the quarters last year and I am sure it will be another popcorn match Babas news