Chengdu
Musetti will get Chengdu ‘revenge’ bid underway with Prizmic win
Prime seed units Basilashvili QF; Daniel upsets Griekspoor
September 20, 2025
Chengdu Open
Final yr’s Chengdu finalist Lorenzo Musetti improves to a 6-2 occasion file.
By ATP Employees
Lorenzo Musetti was pressured to navigate a testing return to the Chengdu Open on Saturday, however the prime seed and defending finalist confirmed his grit and aptitude to maintain his title hopes alive.
In his first outing since his run to the US Open quarter-finals two-and-a-half weeks in the past, Musetti overcame spirited #NextGenATP expertise Dino Prizmic 7-5, 3-6, 6-2 in two hours, 16 minutes on the Chinese language ATP 250 occasion. Prizmic matched Musetti’s 27 winners together with his fearless shotmaking, however the Italian discovered an additional gear within the deciding set to speed up to victory.
Musetti mania 🤩@ChengduOpen | #ChengduOpen | @Lorenzo1Musetti pic.twitter.com/exO9hPOBAr
— ATP Tour (@atptour) September 20, 2025
“At the moment I began with somewhat little bit of rigidity, nevertheless it’s fairly regular, it’s my first match in additional than two weeks,” Musetti stated. “The primary match in China is at all times robust… Totally different situations from final yr, and naturally the opponent: He was taking part in actually stable, so I needed to discover my approach and within the third set I began to play higher and take the lead of the sport.”
Fourth within the PIF ATP Dwell Race To Jeddah, Prizmic was competing in Chengdu by the Next Gen Accelerator, which affords gamers aged 20 and underneath elevated alternative to compete on the ATP Tour.
Musetti, who’s aiming to make his debut on the Nitto ATP Finals this yr, is eighth within the PIF ATP Dwell Race To Turin, now simply 25 factors behind Alex de Minaur in seventh. Into his third quarter-final in Chengdu, the 23-year-old Italian will subsequent face qualifier Nikoloz Basilashvili.
Having improved to a 6-2 event file, in keeping with the Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index, Musetti tied Grigor Dimitrov for essentially the most quarter-finals (3) and Shang Juncheng for essentially the most wins (6) in occasion historical past. He made the ultimate final yr as the highest seed, however fell to Shang in straight units.
“Even earlier than beginning the event, I stated that my objective is to take revenge from final yr,” Musetti stated. “It was an excellent run for me, however hopefully this yr will go even higher, and this can be a good begin.”
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Musetti’s quarter-final opponent Basilashvili continued his run from qualifying with a 6-2, 7-6(4) victory over Mackenzie McDonald — his first Lexus ATP Head2Head win over the American in his fourth try (1-3).
Fellow qualifier Taro Daniel additionally superior on Saturday by upsetting third seed Tallon Griekspoor 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 and reaching his first ATP Tour quarter-final since Auckland in January final yr. The Japanese will face Chengdu debutant Alexander Shevchenko, who rallied previous sixth seed Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 6-7(2), 7-6(5), 6-4 within the closing match of the day.
