Lorenzo Musetti, last year’s finalist at the Chengdu Open and the best seed of this year, had to fight in his opening match during this year’s edition, eventually through 7-5 3-6 6-2 after a two-hour confrontation of 16 minutes with the DINO-Prizmic of Croatia.
Even before I started the tournament, I said my goal is to take revenge from last year, it was a great run for me, but hopefully this year will go even better, and this is a nice start. Lorenzo Musetti
Prizmic matched the 27 winners of Musetti with a number of fearless shotmaking, but the Italian found an extra equipment in the decisive set to accelerate and secure a heavily fought victory.
“Today I started with a bit of tension, but it’s pretty normal, it’s my first game in more than two weeks,” said Musetti who had a first round bye. “The first game in China is always difficult … Different circumstances from last year, and of course the opponent: he played really solid, so I had to find my way and in the third set I started playing better and taking the lead of the game.”
After reaching his third quarterfish final in Chengdu, the 23-year-old Italian will then be confronted with the Georgia qualification match Nikolas Basilashvili that obtained fellow qualification from Australia, Mackenzie McDonald 6-2 7-6 (4).
“Even before I started the tournament, I said my goal is to take revenge from last year,” said Musetti. “It was a great run for me, but hopefully this year will go even better, and this is a nice start.”
He will not be able to take revenge on Shang Junchen, who beat him in last year’s final when Brandon Nakashima ended the reign of the Chinese player as champion in round two, with an extensive 7-5 6-3 victory.
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The fourth-placed American is now in his personal best Seventh ATP Tour quarterfinals of the season where he will encounter his countryman Marcus Giron, a 6-4 6-4 winner about the eighth seed of Itay, Lorenzo Sonego.
Another Italian, the second placed Lorenzo Darderi, also fell as Chili’s Alejandro Tabilo with force majeure with 6-4 6-3 matching fellow qualification match, Taro Daniel’s performance to expel the third placed Dutchman, Taron Greek 3-6 6-4 6-3.
“It has been a very difficult year for me, so I am just happy to get the rhythm back a bit, and hopefully this will be the start again,” Tabilo said during his interview on the field. “Just keep rolling with it, but very happy with the victory.”
Tabilo will then be confronted with Chris O’Connell I after the Australian sent China’s Wildcarded Zhou Yi 6-2 6-4.
Daniil Medvedev hopes that his fortune has changed for the better
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At the Hangzhou Open, Daniil Medvedev, the second seed, opened his campaign with a comfortable 6-2 6-3 victory over the American qualifying Nishesh Basavareddy
The former world no. 1 from Russia, which has had a bad season so far, set up a clinical performance while making his debut during the event.
With his 76-minute victory, Medvedev improved to 27-18 for the 2025 season. The 29-year-old, who competes this week like De Wereld no. 18, has struggled for his best level this year.
“It was a great match for me. I am happy with the way I played, with the way I served,” Medvedev said in his interview on the entire country. “I am happy to win of course. I have not won many competitions, so I am happy to win. I really love the city, I enjoyed it here, so I am happy to stay a few more days.”
The Russian will then strive for a semi-final place when it stands for the favorite Wu Yibing of the hometown, who collected 4-6 6-1 6-1 6-4 beyond the American Sebastian Korda.
However, his countryman, the top that Andrey Rublev is placed, will not add him in the last eight, because the French qualification, Valentin Royer, produced the upset of the week to score his first victory over a TP-20 player.
He surpassed his opponent 6-4 7-6 (2) with a powerful game, in which he hit 32 winners in the process.
“Oh my God, I don’t know what to say now,” said Royer during his interview on the field. “I am just so happy with my game … It was an incredible atmosphere today. So much respect for Andrey. He is such a great player and I am just so happy to be here in the quarters.”
After having won two consecutive games for the first time on the Tour, Royer will hope that when he faces the American teenage student, after the 19-year-old the Italian qualifying match Giulio Zeppieri 6-4 6-3 had rejected.
In other action, his French colleague Corentin Moutet, the fourth seed, and the Tomas Etcheverry of Argentina, have established a quarter -final meeting by also gaining a win on the second round. Moutet conquered his fellow Frenchman, Arthur Cazaux 6-7 (1) 6-3 7-6 (3), while Etcheverry defeated the Australian qualification, Rinky Hijikata. 6-1 6-4.
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