"It created doubts and problems for me": Lorenzo Musetti faced inner turmoil during girlfriend's first pregnancy

Lorenzo Musetti will become a father again shortly but he made the admission that all wasn't rosy when it came to becoming a father for the first time back in 2023 and that the pregnancy was unplanned and gave him inner turmoil.

Musetti, currently World No.8 no doubt will be better planned for it this time and is in a better spot in his life and career. He qualified for the ATP Finals for the first time in his career earlier this month and despite still not winning a title for some time, the Italian managed to get in by the skin of his teeth.

Albeit he thought he didn't initially qualify with Novak Djokovic not giving up his spot till ironically when he was sat in the press conference at the Athens tournament that he won by beating Musetti in the final. So it went from despair to elation as he had tussled for some weeks with Felix Auger-Aliassime for one of those final spots and had been unsuccessful due to the Canadian rising again in his Turin bid.

But he looked back to 2023 speaking to Italian publication La Repubblica and said that he had to rethink his life as a result of his partner Veronica Confalonieri becoming pregnant and it sparked doubts and problems in his life.

"The first child was an earthquake and a wonderful surprise. It wasn't planned, but we decided to keep him: I had to rethink my life. I was afraid I wasn't ready for the changes. There was a family to build, a house to change, to expand, to accept the responsibilities." he said to La Repubblica.

But it also came down to the fact that he had doubts about being three things at the same time in being a tennis player, a partner and a father at the same time which very much weighed on his mind.

He said that it very much whether he wanted it to or not reflected also on his results on tour and made him rethink certain aspects of his life.

"It wasn't easy, it created doubts and problems for me, I experienced Veronica's pregnancy with a lot of turmoil. In my head and in my results. It bothered me to be judged negatively by the fans, as if becoming a father meant turning your back on sports, giving other priorities, feeling already fulfilled. For me family is important, but so is tennis."

But while there were negatives that came with the situation, he admitted that adapting to become a father did give him an extra push in the end in regards to his rankings and where he was as a player. His son Ludovico turns two in March 2026 and that the proof is in the pudding when he sits there with his best season yet and the rewards that come with it.

One of the reasons too why he didn't play Davis Cup was due to his son being born imminently and having to prepare for that something he is looking forward to.

"Becoming a parent gave me an extra push, what I experienced off the court made me mature on it. There's a human journey of mine that has grown alongside the professional one, I don't see children as an obstacle. Proof of that is that Ludovico will turn two in March and for me this has been the best season. Long, grueling, but full of rewards."