Chengdu
Musetti downs Basilashvili for Chengdu SF three-peat
Last year’s runner-up now owns most wins (7) at Chinese ATP 250 event
September 21, 2025
Chengdu Open
Lorenzo Musetti is into his third consecutive semi-final at the Chengdu Open.
By ATP Staff
Lorenzo Musetti is hoping that 2025 is the year he finally gets his hands on the Chengdu Open trophy.
The top seed delivered an assured display on Sunday evening to move past Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-3, 6-3 and reach his third consecutive semi-final at the Chinese ATP 250 event. Musetti, who now owns a record seven wins in Chengdu, will continue his title quest against Alexander Shevchenko, who ousted qualifier Taro Daniel 7-6(2), 3-6, 6-2.
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“I knew it was a tricky opponent, I lost against him this year at Wimbledon,” said Musetti, who levelled his Lexus ATP Head2Head series with Basilashvili at 2-2. “He’s really aggressive, so you have to stay focused on every point. I felt he was playing good tennis, but I managed to stay there, especially on my serve, and I’m very happy to be in the semis. I [will be] ready for the battle.”
Basilashvili asserted himself with his aggressive game, but he was ultimately unable to cope with Musetti’s consistency and poise, hitting 36 unforced errors to the Italian’s 14. Musetti, who is 32-13 in 2025 according to the Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index, is this week chasing his first title of the season.
With his 76-minute quarter-final victory, Musetti jumped ahead of Alex de Minaur to seventh in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin. The 23-year-old, who is aiming to make his debut at the Nitto ATP Finals, could move to within 145 points of sixth-placed Taylor Fritz if he wins the title in Chengdu.
In the bottom half of the draw, Brandon Nakashima defeated Marcos Giron 6-3, 2-6, 7-6(3) in an all-American quarter-final clash. The 24-year-old came within two points of defeat when serving at 4-5, 40/40, but came up clutch and raced through a third-set tie-break to advance to his third ATP Tour semi-final of the season.
After runs to the last four in Acapulco and Houston, Nakashima faces a Chengdu meeting with Alejandro Tabilo, who continued his run from qualifying to overcome Christopher O’Connell 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 and reach his first semi-final since Mallorca last June.
Watch Tabilo overcome O’Connell in three sets:
After struggling for form and dealing with wrist and abdominal injuries across the first eight months of 2025, Tabilo has turned his season around on Chinese soil. He reached the final at the ATP Challenger Tour event in Guangzhou last week and has risen 20 spots to No. 92 in the PIF ATP Live Rankings with his three main-draw wins in Chengdu.
“I’m just so happy right now, especially coming from the qualies, it’s an unreal feeling,” said Tabilo. “I’ve been doing pretty good here in China. I’ve been loving it here.”
