By Trevor Stynes

TURIN, Italy (Reuters) -Carlos Alcaraz is relieved to be facing Italian Lorenzo Musetti at the ATP Finals rather than tackling seven-times champion Novak Djokovic, the Spanish top seed said after winning his opening round-robin match.

Alcaraz had lost his first match at his two previous appearances at the season-ending championships, but put that behind him with a 7-6(5) 6-2 win over Australian Alex de Minaur, with matches against Musetti and American Taylor Fritz to come.

“I’m just really, really happy with the level that I played today. First match is never easy,” Alcaraz said.

“After the match, I realised that this one was my first win in the round-robin on the first day.”

Musetti was a late replacement for Djokovic after the Serbian 38-year-old withdrew through in

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