Match Report
Tabilo saves 2 CPs, stuns Musetti to win Chengdu title
Chilean turns into second qualifier to win ATP Tour title this yr, becoming a member of Brooksby
September 23, 2025
Chengdu Open
Alejandro Tabilo wins his third ATP Tour title on the Chengdu Open.
By Sam Jacot
Alejandro Tabilo saved two championship factors on Tuesday on the Chengdu Open, the place he overcame high seed Lorenzo Musetti 6-3, 2-6, 7-6(5) to seize his third ATP Tour title and first of the season.
The Chilean qualifier saved two championship factors on serve at 5-6 within the third set after which rallied from 1/4 within the deciding-set tie-break to turn out to be the second-lowest-ranked ATP Tour champion this season.
“I simply needed to keep there mentally and bodily,” Tabilo stated. “I used to be so completely satisfied to make these first serves on match factors. It was an unimaginable effort from the workforce additionally. It has been a protracted two weeks and I’m simply so completely satisfied.”
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Tabilo misplaced his opening six matches of the yr and missed two months of the European clay swing on account of a wrist harm. Arriving in Chengdu with a 5-13 file on the season, in keeping with the Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index, Tabilo discovered his finest degree to triumph on the ATP 250 occasion.
In a decent closing towards Musetti, Tabilo struck eight fewer winners (29-37) and dedicated 21 extra unforced errors (44-23) than the Italian, however discovered the larger pictures down the house straight to file victory after two hours and 37 minutes within the pair’s first Lexus ATP Head2Head assembly.
Musetti was aiming to seize his first tour-level title since Naples in 2022, however did not convert his alternatives within the third set. Tabilo saved the primary match level with a forehand winner and the second when Musetti hit lengthy off a rally ball. Tabilo sealed victory on his first match level, along with his girlfriend and workforce dashing onto court docket after he sealed his third Prime 10 win.
Tabilo is now a three-time tour-level titlist, having received in Auckland and Mallorca final yr. He’s up 40 spots to No. 72 within the PIF ATP Reside Rankings and is about to return to the Prime 100 for the primary time since June.
Musetti leaves Chengdu up one spot in seventh within the PIF ATP Reside Race To Turin. The Italian is aiming to make his debut on dwelling soil on the Nitto ATP Finals in November and be part of countryman Jannik Sinner, who has already certified for the celebrated year-end occasion.
