“I know I made a mistake, and I said something wrong, but please say something to them.” Lorenzo Musetti felt completely helpless on Wednesday while trying to survive the test of Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime at the Shanghai Masters. More than his opponent’s domination on the court, off-court hindrance caused by local fans bothered the Italian ATP star – the boomerang effect of a misplaced statement in Beijing a few days back.

For the uninitiated, Musetti played Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in R32 at the China Open last month. During that match, one member of the audience was repeatedly coughing during the Italian’s serves. Initially, he ignored it, but his emotions got the best of him. Musetti mocked the spectator with fake coughs and several expletives. Though he apologize

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