{"id":236695,"date":"2025-10-31T22:14:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T22:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/236695\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T22:14:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T22:14:12","slug":"lorenzo-musetti-chases-turin-dream-in-athens-novak-djokovic-may-face-bogeyman-atp-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/236695\/","title":{"rendered":"Lorenzo Musetti chases Turin dream in Athens, Novak Djokovic may face bogeyman | ATP Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        Athens<br \/>\n    Musetti chases Turin dream in Athens, Djokovic may face bogeyman<\/p>\n<p>Italian is in tight race for Nitto ATP Finals spot<\/p>\n<p>October 31, 2025<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/musetti-djokovic-athens-2025-draw.jpg\" alt=\"Lorenzo Musetti and Novak Djokovic will be in action at the Vanda Pharmaceuticals Hellenic Championship in Greece.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Lintao Zhang\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>        Lorenzo Musetti and Novak Djokovic will be in action at the Vanda Pharmaceuticals Hellenic Championship in Greece.<br \/>\n        By ATP Staff<\/p>\n<p>The ATP 250 in Athens next week could decide <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/lorenzo-musetti\/m0ej\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lorenzo Musetti<\/a>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/tournaments\/nitto-atp-finals\/605\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nitto ATP Finals<\/a> fate and feature an early test for 100-time tour-level titlist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/novak-djokovic\/d643\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Novak Djokovic<\/a>, providing several intriguing storylines for fans to follow at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/tournaments\/athens\/5100\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vanda Pharmaceuticals Hellenic Championship<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/tournaments\/nitto-atp-finals\/605\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nitto ATP Finals<\/a> spot still up for grabs, Musetti is fighting to keep his hopes alive in a tight PIF ATP Live Race To Turin that could be decided in the final week of the season. Meanwhile, top-seeded Djokovic could open his campaign against a familiar foe \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/alejandro-tabilo\/te30\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alejandro Tabilo<\/a>, one of three players to have faced the Serbian at least twice and not lost.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/news\/atp-awards-2025-fans-favourite\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/atp-awards-2024_fans-favourite_728x90.gif\" alt=\"Who's your favourite tennis player? Vote now in 2025 ATP Awards\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Musetti, eighth in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin, is aiming to make his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/tournaments\/nitto-atp-finals\/605\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nitto ATP Finals<\/a> debut and join countryman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/jannik-sinner\/s0ag\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jannik Sinner<\/a> at the season finale on home soil. <\/p>\n<p>Should ninth-placed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/felix-auger-aliassime\/ag37\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Felix Auger-Aliassime<\/a> win his semi-final match Saturday at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/tournaments\/paris\/352\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rolex Paris Masters<\/a>, the Canadian will move ahead of Musetti, adding weight to the 23-year-old\u2019s Athens appearance. Musetti will begin against former No. 3 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/stan-wawrinka\/w367\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stan Wawrinka<\/a> or Dutchman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/botic-van-de-zandschulp\/v812\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Botic van de Zandschulp<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic, competing for the first time since Shanghai, will face either Tabilo or Australian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/adam-walton\/w09e\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Adam Walton<\/a> in his opening match. Tabilo beat the 100-time tour-level titlist Djokovic earlier this year in Monte-Carlo and last season in Rome. Djokovic holds a 35-11 season record, according to the Infosys ATP Win\/Loss Index.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Athens Musetti chases Turin dream in Athens, Djokovic may face bogeyman Italian is in tight race for Nitto&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":236696,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-236695","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-sports","9":"tag-tennis","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}