Corentin Moutet dented Daniil Medvedev’s hopes of qualifying for the Nitto ATP Finals at the Erste Bank Open on Thursday, taking revenge on the 29-year-old by reaching the quarter-finals in Vienna.
The Frenchman lost to Medvedev in the Almaty final on Sunday but ensured he would not suffer further pain against the 29-year-old just four days later at the ATP 500 in Austria. Playing with his trademark type, Moutet delivered a tight first set and then recovered from not serving the match at 5-3 to eventually advance 7-6(3), 6-4.
Medvedev won his first title in more than two years in Almaty. He climbed to 12th in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin after his run, but his latest defeat means he faces an uphill battle to qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals. The 2020 year-end champion is 925 points behind eighth-placed Lorenzo Musetti, who is in action in Vienna this week. Medvedev will next head to the ATP Masters 1000 event in Paris.
Moutet, who is 2-2 in his Lexus ATP Head2Head series with Medvedev, will next play either Musetti or Tomas Martin Echeverry in his fifth tour-level quarter-final of the season. The 26-year-old Moutet competes at career-high No. 36 in the PIF ATP Rankings.
In the first match of the day, Matteo Berrettini clawed past Cameron Norrie 7-6(6), 6-7(9), 6-4 to reach the last eight in Vienna for the fourth time. The Italian will play third seed Alex de Minaur in the quarter-finals. Alexander Bublik also booked his place in the last eight, beating Francisco Cerundolo 6-4, 6-2. Bublik, who saved all six break points he faced against Cerundolo according to Infosys ATP Stats, has won four ATP Tour titles in 2025.
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