Lorenzo Musetti is aiming for the first semi-final on grass at the BOSS Open, the ATP 250 which inaugurates the season on grass in the major circuit played at the Tennisclub Weissenhof in Stuttgart (prize money €812,235). Whoever wins will face Matteo Berrettini or Australian James Duckworth for a place in the final.
The Carrarino, number 30 in the world, faces for the third time the Kazakh Alexander Bublik, number 17 and his best ranking, who defeated him twice in two direct matches: in 2022 at Queen’s, on grass, when Musetti retired at the end of the first set lost 6-3, and this year in the quarterfinals in Adelaide, on hard court, 63 67(4) 75.
Having obtained his thirteenth victory of the season against Koepfer, Musetti is chasing his eleventh ATP semifinal, the first since the Chengdu tournament last September. To get there, she will need to complete her first win against a Top 20 player on grass.
Regardless of the direct clashes, Bublik is definitely better off on this surface. Here last year he won his most prestigious title of his career, the ATP 500 in Halle, before reaching the round of 16 at Wimbledon. Overall on grass he has played four of the 17 semi-finals he has reached in his career at ATP level and won nine of the last ten matches played.
