Mpetshi Perricard upsets high seed Musetti in Brussels

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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

Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard earned his first win towards 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 towards Musetti, together with two losses this 12 months 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 towards him wasn’t excellent,” mentioned Mpetshi Perricard, who saved two set factors within the second-set tie-break. “I stepped on the courtroom and I mentioned, ‘I must attempt one thing else’, and it labored. It was a good win. I used to be two match factors up, then saving a set level. I’m very happy 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 type to achieve 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 towards High 20 gamers on indoor onerous courts and may enhance upon that feat Saturday towards 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 damage.

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 degree in an exhilarating, topsy-turvy tie-break to advance.

“This sport can flip quick,” mentioned Auger-Aliassime of letting slip a 4-2 lead within the second set. “Each opponent within the draw is troublesome. You get up every single day 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 powerful to ask for higher. Then I made one or two errors, however I’ve to offer him a lot credit score. He raised his degree, he performed very well and it was a battle till the tip.”

The Canadian is the second participant to achieve 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 presently 480 factors forward of Auger-Aliassime, who can shut that hole to 330 factors with the title.

House hope and wild card Raphael Collignon closed the day with a 7-6(5), 6-1 victory towards fourth seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. Into his first tour-level semi-final and assured to achieve a brand new career-high in Monday’s PIF ATP Rankings, Collignon is 3-0 towards High 20 gamers.

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