{"id":813805,"date":"2026-10-25T21:32:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T21:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/813805\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T21:32:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T21:32:26","slug":"atp-fritz-downs-paul-to-set-up-lyon-final-against-musetti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/813805\/","title":{"rendered":"ATP: Fritz downs Paul to set up Lyon final against Musetti"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"wcl-news-perex\" itemprop=\"description\">The ATP 250 event in Lyon will enjoy an all-former top-five final after Taylor Fritz and Lorenzo Musetti saw off compatriots Tommy Paul and Flavio Cobolli on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>World number 14 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.com\/player\/fritz-taylor\/UH09iaZ6\/\" data-analytics-element=\"ARTICLE_TEXT_LINK\" data-analytics-alias=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fritz<\/a> beat fellow American <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.com\/player\/paul-tommy\/pd3ye1BS\/\" data-analytics-element=\"ARTICLE_TEXT_LINK\" data-analytics-alias=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paul<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.com\/match\/tennis\/fritz-t-UH09iaZ6\/paul-t-pd3ye1BS\/?mid=8jfoo5rC\" data-analytics-element=\"ARTICLE_TEXT_LINK\" data-analytics-alias=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">6-3, 7-5<\/a> to reach his fifth showpiece match of the season, while 26th-ranked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.com\/player\/musetti-lorenzo\/xtH2ODVI\/\" data-analytics-element=\"ARTICLE_TEXT_LINK\" data-analytics-alias=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Musetti<\/a> beat Italian first seed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.com\/player\/cobolli-flavio\/zDtaCcPe\/\" data-analytics-element=\"ARTICLE_TEXT_LINK\" data-analytics-alias=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cobolli<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.com\/match\/tennis\/cobolli-f-zDtaCcPe\/musetti-l-xtH2ODVI\/?mid=AerIZUI8\" data-analytics-element=\"ARTICLE_TEXT_LINK\" data-analytics-alias=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">4-6, 6-2, 7-5.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I thought it was a super high level,&#8221; ex-world No.4 Fritz said of his clash with 15th-ranked Paul.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I played so many points as good as I could play and he still beat me. And I think the other way around, too. There weren&#8217;t many free points on either side. We made each other work for it a lot.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img crossorigin=\"anonymous\" class=\"wcl-image_vG4MA\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2c6892b3-2d07-4b96-a758-6eb9c93800d2.jpg\" alt=\"Key match stats\" title=\"Key match stats\" itemprop=\"image\"\/>Key match statsFlashscore<\/p>\n<p>Victory leapfrogged Fritz above Paul into 12th spot in the race to the ATP Finals next month.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a difficult season for former world number five Musetti, his battling win against Roland Garros finalist Cobolli took him into a second final of the year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.com\/match\/tennis\/fritz-t-UH09iaZ6\/musetti-l-xtH2ODVI\/?mid=fmrBbVVA\" data-analytics-element=\"ARTICLE_TEXT_LINK\" data-analytics-alias=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Follow the Lyon final with Flashscore.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The ATP 250 event in Lyon will enjoy an all-former top-five final after Taylor Fritz and Lorenzo Musetti&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":813806,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-813805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813805","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=813805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/813806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=813805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=813805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=813805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}