Fritz avenges Lyon defeat to Musetti and reaches career-best sixth final of the season in Stockholm
Taylor Fritz beat Lorenzo Musetti 6-4, 6-2 in 63 minutes to reach the Stockholm final, his sixth of 2026, a season best. He will face Thiago Agustin Tirante, who beat him in Montreal in August.
Lorenzo Musetti and Taylor Fritz, Stockholm 2026 | © JESPER ZERMAN/BILDBYRÅN/Shutterstock/SIPA
Taylor Fritz reached the final of the Bybit Stockholm Open on Friday, beating third seed Lorenzo Musetti 6-4, 6-2 in 63 minutes. The top seed converted three of his four break points to avenge his defeat to the Italian in the Lyon final last month.
“I just lost to Lorenzo in a final not too long ago,” Fritz said, explaining that he had needed to change a lot of things in his approach to the match. Musetti still leads their head-to-head 5-4.
A season-best sixth final
It is Fritz’s sixth final on the tour in 2026, the most he has reached in a single season. It was also his 15th indoor win of the year, the most on the tour. The American, ranked No. 10, has won at least two ATP titles every year since 2022 and is chasing his second of the season, after Washington.
Fritz reached the semi-finals without playing his quarter-final, after Holger Rune withdrew with a minor hamstring injury. He will travel to the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin as second alternate.
Musetti, who had needed 2 hours 29 minutes to beat Ugo Humbert in the quarter-finals, had become the first Italian to reach the last four in Stockholm since Fabio Fognini in 2018.
Tirante, who beat him in Montreal, stands in his way
In the final, Fritz will face Thiago Agustin Tirante, who beat Alejandro Tabilo 7-5, 7-6 (1) to reach the first ATP Tour final of his career. The Argentine, ranked No. 51, won their only previous meeting, 7-5, 6-3 in Montreal in August.
Tirante is the first Argentine to reach an indoor final on the tour since Diego Schwartzman in Antwerp in 2021, and has won 31 tour-level matches this season, a career best.
