Stockholm, Day 4: Musetti battles past Humbert to set up Fritz semi-final, Tabilo meets Tirante
Lorenzo Musetti beat Ugo Humbert in three sets to join Taylor Fritz, Alejandro Tabilo and Thiago Agustin Tirante in the semi-finals of the Bybit Stockholm Open.
Lorenzo Musetti, 2026 | © Ch. Caillaud / PsNewz
Lorenzo Musetti came through a 2-hour-29-minute battle against Ugo Humbert, 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-4, on Thursday evening to complete the semi-final line-up at the Bybit Stockholm Open. The third seed will face top seed Taylor Fritz, who went through without playing after Holger Rune withdrew.
In the other semi-final, fourth seed Alejandro Tabilo meets Thiago Agustin Tirante.
Musetti vs Fritz
Musetti lost the second set and fell a break down early in the third against Humbert, but he turned it around to become the first Italian semi-finalist in Stockholm since Fabio Fognini in 2018. “The key to the match was to have a [positive] reaction after losing the second set,” he said.
The Italian is now 10-2 on indoor hard courts this season. He won the title in Lyon last month and beat Alexander Zverev in the third round of the Paris Masters 1000. He added Stockholm to his schedule to prepare for the Davis Cup Finals in Bologna.
Fritz did not have to hit a ball on Thursday. Rune pulled out minutes before their quarter-final with a minor hamstring injury picked up in his second-round win over Miomir Kecmanovic.
The world No. 10 reached his seventh semi-final of the season, and his third in four weeks. Only Zverev (12), Daniil Medvedev (10), Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner (7 each) have reached as many in 2026. The American is also chasing a fifth straight season inside the year-end top 10.
Tabilo vs Tirante
Tabilo beat sixth seed Alex Michelsen 7-5, 7-6 (2) in 1 hour 54 minutes, saving six of the seven break points he faced. It is his fourth ATP Tour semi-final of the season and his first on indoor hard courts. He is the second Chilean to reach the last four in Stockholm, after Marcelo Rios in 2002. He also avenged his only previous defeat to Michelsen, at the Miami Masters 1000 in March.
Tirante ended qualifier Aleksandr Shevchenko’s run, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (5), 6-3, in 2 hours 49 minutes. The Argentine needed only one break, at 2-1 in the third set. “It was a great battle against one of my friends on the Tour,” he said. It is his third ATP Tour semi-final and his first on hard courts. Shevchenko, who had beaten defending champion Casper Ruud in the second round, was the first Kazakh to reach the quarter-finals in Stockholm.
Bybit Stockholm Open 2026 quarter-final results
Taylor Fritz (1) d. Holger Rune, walkover
Lorenzo Musetti (3) d. Ugo Humbert (7) 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-4
Alejandro Tabilo (4) d. Alex Michelsen (6) 7-5, 7-6 (2)
Thiago Agustin Tirante d. Aleksandr Shevchenko (Q) 7-6 (5), 6-7 (5), 6-3
Semi-finals (friday)
Taylor Fritz (1) vs Lorenzo Musetti (3)
Alejandro Tabilo (4) vs Thiago Agustin Tirante
