Winning debut for Lorenzo Musetti in the “BNP Paribas Fortis European Open”, the ATP 250 tournament with total prize money of 706,850 euros which this year, after nine editions in Antwerp, is being played for the first time at the ING Arena, the former Palais 12, on the hard court, in Brussels. The Italian tennis player, number 8 in the world and first seeding favourite, after the first round bye, defeated the German Yannick Hanfmann, number 139 in the international ranking, promoted from the qualifiers, in the round of 16, with a score of 7-6 (3) 7-5, who had beaten Matteo Arnaldi on his debut in the main draw. In the quarter-finals Musetti, in full competition for a place in the ATP Finals in Turin, will challenge Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard, 37 in the world, who today overcame the Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili, forced to retire at 7-5 in favor of the Frenchman.
In Stockholm the Sonego-Berrettini derby fades away: the Turin native ok, the Roman eliminated
Lorenzo Sonego has secured the pass to the quarter-finals of the “BNP Paribas Nordic Open”, the ATP 250 tournament staged on indoor hard courts in Stockholm. The 30-year-old from Turin, number 47 in the world, defeated the American Aleksandar Kovacevic, 69 in the international ranking, with a score of 7-6 (3) 6-1 in the round of 16.
Matteo Berrettini surrendered in the round of 16 of the “BNP Paribas Nordic Open”, the ATP 250 tournament staged on indoor hard courts in Stockholm. The Roman tennis player, number 61 in the world, succumbed to the French Ugo Humbert, number 25 in the international ranking and fourth strength in the draw, with a score of 7-6 (5) 6-3. The Frenchman himself will now challenge the Piedmontese Lorenzo Sonego, world number 47, who won today against the American Aleksandar Kovacevic, with a score of 7-6 (3) 6-1, in the match that qualifies for the semi-finals.