Lorenzo Musetti wastes it all in Brussels and goes out of the picture

After four wins in previous direct confrontations, Lorenzo Musetti (No. 8 in the world rankings) had to surrender this time to Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (No. 37).

On the indoor concrete of Brussels, the Italian, the tournament’s No. 1 seed, was defeated with a score of 6-4 7-6(8), even wasting two set points in the tie-break of the second set.

The Frenchman, the fifth seed, thus gained access to the semifinals, where he will face Jiri Lehecka (No. 3 in the seeding and No. 17 in the world). Meanwhile, shortly thereafter, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Musetti’s direct rival in the race to the Nitto ATP Finals, took the court, engaged in the quarterfinals against American Eliot Spizzirri (No. 111).

Today’s defeat keeps Musetti in eighth place in the Race with 3,485 points, while the Canadian follows at 2,955 (which would become 3,005 in case of a semifinal).