Tennis player Muzetti withdrew from the quarterfinal match of the Australian Open due to injury.

Italian tennis player Lorenzo Musetti withdrew from the quarterfinals of the Australian Open (Australian Open-2026) due to a leg injury. He announced this on January 28 after a meeting with Serbian athlete Novak Djokovic.

Muzetti won the match against the 24-time Grand Slam tournament champion after two sets with the score 6:4, 6:3. He went the third set behind Djokovic with the score 1:3, but was forced to interrupt the game due to injury.

"I felt discomfort at the beginning of the second set. I realized that something was wrong with my right leg. I kept playing because I was actually doing very well. During the medical break, I sat down to rest, but when I started playing again, the pain got worse," Muzetti said at a press conference, as quoted by Sport-Express.

The athlete noted that he had passed all the necessary medical examinations before the start of the season. The results showed that he had no health problems.

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