Musetti L. - Shevchenko A.

ATP Chengdu — Semifinal: Lorenzo Musetti vs Alexander Shevchenko

Round: Semifinal • Surface: Hard (Indoors)

🧠 Form & Context

Lorenzo Musetti

• Fresh off a strong Grand Slam season and deep clay runs, steadying his hard-court ballast (13–8 in 2025).
• Chengdu comfort zone: SF in 2023, final in 2024, two clean wins this week.
• Backhand is the metronome; when FH timing clicks, he dictates with shape and sudden line changes.

Alexander Shevchenko

• Volatile year finds a pocket of momentum here: three wins in three days (Monfils ret., edged Mpetshi Perricard in a breaker, toughed out Daniel).
• Ball-striking power unquestioned; key questions are focus management and second-serve protection under pressure.

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Royer V. - Moutet C.

ATP Hangzhou — Semifinal: Valentin Royer vs Corentin Moutet

Round: Semifinal

🧠 Form & Context

Valentin Royer

• Breakout season at tour/Challenger bridge (2025: 52–22).
• Arrives scorching in Hangzhou: qualified, then d. Kovacevic, d. Rublev in straights (massive scalp), and edged Tien in three.
• Game shape: heavy first ball, sturdy two-handed backhand that holds line under pace; serve spots have improved this summer.
• Risk: can tighten on scoreboard leads; second-serve forehand can float short.

Corentin Moutet

• Career-best ranking trajectory (now #39); 2025: 33–22, 14–9 on hard.
• Recent surge: Washington SF (d. Medvedev), Mallorca finalist, Davis Cup wins over Čilić and Prizmić.
• Hangzhou: came through a physical R16 vs Cazaux (TBs both ways) and into QF where Etcheverry stopped early.
• Identity: lefty craft—court-opening patterns, surgical use of pace changes, world-class feel around the mid-court.

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Nakashima B. - Tabilo A.

ATP Chengdu — Semifinal: Brandon Nakashima vs Alejandro Tabilo

Round: Semifinal

🧠 Form & Context

Brandon Nakashima

• Quietly steady hard-court campaign (17–11 in 2025 hard), with quality weeks at Acapulco, IW, Miami, US swing.
• Arrives on rhythm: d. Shang (R16) and edged Giron in a deciding tiebreak (QF). Baseline weight + compact takebacks travel well in China’s conditions.
• Serve patterns (wide deuce / T in ad) set up the two-line backhand and FH inside-in; thrives when scoreboarding from ahead.

Alejandro Tabilo

• Rebuilding momentum: qualified and has strung four Chengdu wins (incl. over Thompson, Darderi, O’Connell).
• Lefty patterns dangerous on hard: slider wide in ad, heavy FH cross to open the court, backhand can flatten line.
• Season has been streaky (13–10 hard), but when first-serve % is up he converts short points at a high clip.

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