In the feature’s latest edition, itftennis.com learns more about Italy's Lorenzo Musetti, who won his maiden Challenger event at Forli in September 2020, a week after defeating three-time Grand Slam winner Stan Wawrinka and former top 5 player Kei Nishikori in Rome. He is also a Junior Grand Slam champion after topping the boys’ podium at the 2019 Australian Open, while a couple of months earlier he featured at the ITF World Tennis Tour Junior Finals in Chengdu. It’s time to get to know Lorenzo a little better.

Describe yourself in three words? 

Humble, lazy and funny

Who was your tennis idol growing up? 

Roger Federer

What has been the favourite tennis match you have been involved in? 

Against Stan Wawrinka last year in Rome

Who has been your toughest opponent?

Probably Wawrinka and Andrey Rublev

What is your favourite Grand Slam and why? 

Wimbledon because it is the paradise of tennis

What is the best advice you have ever received? 

Only if you believe in your dreams will you make it

Favourite sport other than tennis? 

Basketball and football

Favourite team or individual within that sport? 

Los Angeles Lakers and Juventus

What would your dream car be?

Ferrari 458

Favourite food? 

Gnocchi with ragu, pizza and lasagne

Dream holiday location? 

Caribbean

What is your favourite film? 

John Wick

What is your favourite book? 

Eragon

What do you like to get up to when you’re not playing tennis? 

Listening to music

What annoys you the most and why?

When someone lies

What music are you into and what’s your favourite tune?

I listen to every type of music but I am a fan of classic rock

What are you watching on Netflix or television currently?

At the moment, I am not watching anything

Tell us something that people don’t know about you?

I like going to the sea

Favourite superhero?

Batman

Where would you most like to visit in the world?

New York

Do you have a fear of anything?

The dark

Cinema or dinner?

Dinner

What is your star sign?

Pisces

Favourite subject at school?

English

Do you own a games console and what is your favourite game?

I don’t have one

The latest Get to Know feature appeared in the spring 2021 edition of ITFWorld, with Lorenzo facing the quickfire question round alongside Russia's Oksana Selekhmeteva. The feature and the remainder of the magazine can be viewed here.