PIF ATP Stay Race To Turin
Chasing Nitto ATP Finals debut, Musetti seeks to struggle off chasing pack in Paris
Fritz, Shelton, De Minaur and Musetti presently in final 4 qualification spots
October 26, 2025
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Lorenzo Musetti is eighth within the PIF ATP Stay Race To Turin.
By ATP Employees
Lorenzo Musetti‘s Vienna run ended within the semi-finals on Saturday towards Alexander Zverev, however the Italian’s exhibiting nonetheless leaves him in a robust place to qualify for his Nitto ATP Finals debut. Musetti elevated his lead in eighth place within the PIF ATP Stay Race To Turin to 440 factors forward of Felix Auger-Aliassime and will seal his place within the season finale with a robust week on the Rolex Paris Masters.
With Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner, Zverev and Novak Djokovic already certified for the Nitto ATP Finals, 4 spots are nonetheless up for grabs within the PIF ATP Stay Race To Turin. Taylor Fritz, Ben Shelton, Alex de Minaur and Musetti presently occupy these positions, with Auger-Aliassime, Casper Ruud and Daniil Medvedev main the chasing pack. Gamers have two extra weeks to rack up factors, with a pair of ATP 250s in Athens and Metz to observe Paris.
Musetti is bidding to hitch defending champion Sinner on dwelling soil in Turin. Along with the private historical past of his Nitto ATP Finals debut, Musetti would additionally make Italian historical past if he can qualify: By no means earlier than have two Italian singles gamers certified for the season finale in the identical yr. In 2021, Matteo Berrettini certified, then withdrew after one match as a result of an harm. Sinner, an alternate, changed him.
In Paris, Musetti will open his marketing campaign towards countryman Lorenzo Sonego or a qualifier. He might face Medvedev within the third spherical.
PIF ATP Live Race To Turin (getting into Paris)
*Draper will not be competing the remainder of the season as a result of harm
Shelton, additionally looking for his Turin debut, will face Flavio Cobolli or Tomas Machac in his opening match, with Andrey Rublev a possible third-round opponent. Fritz, a Turin semi-finalist in 2022 and finalist in 2024, seeks his third Nitto ATP Finals look. If each qualify, it could mark the primary time two People qualify for the year-end occasion since Andy Roddick and James Blake each competed in 2006.
De Minaur is hoping to return to Turin for the second consecutive season. Like Musetti, the Aussie bolstered his place within the PIF ATP Stay Race To Turin with a semi-final exhibiting this week. Sinner ended his run in Vienna on Saturday.
Fritz and De Minaur might meet in a pivotal quarter-final within the high half of the draw, with each gamers pushing for qualification. They’ve cut up 10 earlier Lexus ATP Head2Head conferences.
With 1,000 PIF ATP Rating factors on supply in Paris, Auger-Aliassime and Ruud might each transfer into the highest eight with the title. Medvedev, the 2020 champion on the season finale, would want additional factors in Athens or Metz to discover a approach into the highest eight and prolong his streak of consecutive Nitto ATP Finals to seven.
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, presently on 2,585 factors, might go Medvedev for twelfth by beating Joao Fonseca in Sunday’s Basel remaining. That might put the Spaniard on 2,755 factors, 990 factors behind Musetti.
