A week ago, Lorenzo Musetti made a tough call. He had just wrapped up his ATP Finals campaign in the group stage, having lost to Carlos Alcaraz. Soon after, he announced he was pulling out of the Davis Cup. “Given my physical condition and my family situation, in agreement with Captain Filippo Volandri, I have decided not to participate in the Davis Cup finals in Bologna,” he said. The reason? His partner, Veronica Confalonieri, was due to have their second child. Still, the decision drew criticism, which Musetti wasn’t willing to tolerate.

“I don’t understand the point of all these insults, especially when they are directed at my girlfriend,” he said on November 24 in an interview with Spazio Tennis, voicing his frustration over the online abuse aimed at him and his loved ones. “That

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