Lorenzo Musetti posted a 6-2, 6-4 win over Alexandre Muller on Thursday to reach the semi-finals of the ATP event in Athens and maintain his hopes of qualifying for the season-ending ATP Finals.<\/p>\n
The tournament’s top seed, world number five Novak Djokovic<\/a>, also reached the last four with a 7-6(1), 6-4<\/a> win over Nuno Borges<\/a>.<\/p>\n Italian Musetti<\/a>, ranked ninth in the world, needs to win the tournament to overhaul Felix Auger-Aliassime<\/a> and claim the final place in next week’s showpiece in Turin.<\/p>\n Whichever qualifies will find himself in a group with world number one Jannik Sinner<\/a>, as well as Alexander Zverev<\/a> and Ben Shelton<\/a>.<\/p>\n Musetti will face the American Sebastian Korda<\/a> in Friday’s semi-finals.<\/p>\n Djokovic claimed his 200th indoor win after one hour and 44 minutes and will play German qualifier Yannick Hanfmann<\/a> for a place in the final.<\/p>\n The 38-year-old Serb has already qualified for Turin and has been matched with Carlos Alcaraz<\/a>, Taylor Fritz<\/a> and Alex de Minaur<\/a>.<\/p>\n He is bidding for his 101st career title in Athens. Jimmy Connors leads the way on 109, with Roger Federer second on 103.<\/p>\n