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Mpetshi Perricard upsets high seed Musetti in Brussels
Auger-Aliassime wins, up one place to ninth within the PIF ATP Stay Race To Turin
October 17, 2025
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Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard downs Lorenzo Musetti on Friday on the ATP 250 in Brussels.
By ATP Employees
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard earned his first win in opposition to Lorenzo Musetti in his fifth try on Friday, upsetting the top-seeded Italian 6-4, 7-6(8) on the BNP Paribas Fortis European Open in Brussels.
The Frenchman entered the quarter-final match with an 0-4 Lexus ATP Head2Head file in opposition to Musetti, together with two losses this yr on the US Open and final month in Beijing. However Mpetshi Perricard pulled no punches, dropping simply six factors behind his first serve (43/49), in line with Infosys ATP Stats, and sometimes moved ahead to impose his will on the Turin-hopeful Musetti.
“I’m very proud. My file in opposition to him wasn’t excellent,” stated Mpetshi Perricard, who saved two set factors within the second-set tie-break. “I stepped on the courtroom and I stated, ‘I have to strive one thing else’, and it labored. It was a decent win. I used to be two match factors up, then saving a set level. I’m very pleased with myself.”
Mpetshi Perricard’s two profession High 10 wins have each come this month. He upset World No. 4 Taylor Fritz in Shanghai and has maintained that kind to succeed in his third tour-level semi-final this season. He’ll subsequent meet third seed Jiri Lehecka within the final 4.
Mpetshi Perricard is 4-0 in opposition to High 20 gamers on indoor onerous courts and might enhance upon that feat Saturday in opposition to World No. 17 Lehecka. The Czech led Benjamin Bonzi 6-7(8), 6-1, 4-1 when the Frenchman retired because of a left leg harm.
In different motion, Felix Auger-Aliassime leapfrogged Jack Draper for ninth within the Race To Turin when he defeated Eliot Spizzirri 6-2, 7-6(6). The 25-year-old fought off the resilient Spizzirri, who held three set factors on return within the second set. However Auger-Aliassime held his nerve, elevating his stage in an exciting, topsy-turvy tie-break to advance.
“This sport can flip quick,” stated Auger-Aliassime of letting slip a 4-2 lead within the second set. “Each opponent within the draw is tough. You get up on daily basis hoping that it’s going to be your day and also you put together your greatest no matter who you play.
“For a set and a half, it was robust to ask for higher. Then I made one or two errors, however I’ve to offer him a lot credit score. He raised his stage, he performed rather well and it was a battle till the tip.”
The Canadian is the second participant to succeed in 9 semi-finals this season, alongside World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz (11). Auger-Aliassime is the fourth man to file 30 hard-court match wins this season, together with title runs in Adelaide and Montpellier. He leads the ATP Tour in indoor wins this decade (74).
The Montreal native is aiming for his second journey to the Nitto ATP Finals, having appeared on the year-end occasion in 2022. Within the PIF ATP Stay Race To Turin, eighth-placed Musetti is at the moment 480 factors forward of Auger-Aliassime, who can shut that hole to 330 factors with the title.
