The Italian tennis player showed up at the Australian Open with his famously lengthy locks sheared, and he wound up winning his first-round match by a hair.

Highlights of the seventh day of the Australian Open on Saturday (all times GMT): 0904 SHELTON KNOCKS OUT MUSETTI Lorenzo Musetti was sent packing by American 21st seed Ben Shelton, who beat the Italian 16th seed 6-3 3-6 6-4 7-6(5).

MELBOURNE, Australia — Lorenzo Musetti's man bun is a thing of the ... 7-6 (5), 6-3 at Melbourne Park. Gone were the strands that dangled nearly to his shoulders under a backward white hat ...

Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti hits a return against Italy’s Matteo Arnaldi ... 6 minutes to get past countryman Matteo Arnaldi 7-6 (4), 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3 at Melbourne Park. Gone were the strands that dangled nearly to his shoulders under a backward white ...

The Italian player showed up to Melbourne with his famously lengthy locks sheared, and needed over four hours to get to the second round.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Lorenzo Musetti's man bun is a thing of the ... 7-6 (5), 6-3 at Melbourne Park.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Lorenzo Musetti's man bun is a thing of the ... 7-6 (5), 6-3 at Melbourne Park. Advertisement Article continues below this ad Gone were the strands that dangled ...

Ben Shelton is back in a second Australian Open quarter-final after coming through Monday's fourth-round battle with Gael Monfils, and the American faces first-time quarter-finalist Lorenzo Sonego in Wednesday's last-eight contest.

Day seven of the Australian Open witnessed Gael Monfils' surprise victory over Taylor Fritz, while Learner Tien made history as the youngest man to reach the round of 16 since Nadal. Ben Shelton knocked out Lorenzo Musetti,

0904 SHELTON KNOCKS OUT MUSETTI Lorenzo Musetti was sent packing ... 6-3 6-3 to become the youngest man to reach the round of 16 at Melbourne Park since 22-times Grand Slam champion Rafa Nadal.

By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Teenage qualifier Learner Tien became the youngest man to reach the Australian Open fourth round in 20 years as the future of American tennis lit up Melbourne Park on Saturday.

American Learner Tien kept the teenage revolution going at the Australian Open by reaching the fourth round on Saturday after 38-year-old Gael Monfils had made a big statement for the old guard with a stunning win over fourth seed Taylor Fritz.