Overview
- Lorenzo Musetti stopped after the first set of an Australian Open–organized exhibition against Alexander Zverev due to hip pain.
- The opening set lasted about 1 hour 15 minutes and ended 7-6 to Zverev before Musetti informed the chair he would retire.
- He was seen repeatedly touching his hip and received brief physiotherapy before deciding not to continue.
- In an on-court interview, Musetti said continuing would have risked too much ahead of his official matches in Melbourne.
- Recent concerns also included a right-arm issue in the Hong Kong final versus Alexander Bublik, though he later played and won the doubles title with Lorenzo Sonego; no detailed medical update on the hip has been published as he has only days before the draw Thursday and the event’s start on Sunday.