Musetti beats Samuel to reach Stockholm quarter-finals as Rune wins on his return

Third seed Lorenzo Musetti reached the quarter-finals of the Stockholm Open on Tuesday, 10 November, beating British qualifier Toby Samuel 6-1, 6-4 in his first match at the indoor ATP 250 event. On the same day, 2022 champion Holger Rune made a winning return to Stockholm, a year after an Achilles injury there, by beating eighth seed Zizou Bergs 6-3, 6-4.

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Musetti makes a quick start

After a first-round bye, Musetti had little trouble with Samuel, who had come through qualifying and then beaten Swedish wildcard Leo Borg on Monday, as we reported in our opening-days round-up. The Italian dropped only one game in the first set and closed out the second 6-4.

According to the ATP Tour and Tennis Majors, it is Musetti's seventh tour-level quarter-final of the season. He arrived in Sweden as the champion in Lyon, where he won the title last month. His quarter-final opponent will be the winner of seventh seed Ugo Humbert, last year's runner-up here, and qualifier Borna Gojo.

Rune back where his season stopped

Rune's win had more meaning than a first-round score usually does. In last year's Stockholm semi-final he pulled up while chasing a forehand, and the ATP Tour reported that the Achilles injury needed surgery and kept him off the tour for 11 months. The former world No. 4 is now ranked No. 406, and this is only his fifth ATP Tour event of 2026.

Against Bergs, the Dane did not drop a set. "It's special coming back to Stockholm after last year. I choose to concentrate on the good memories," Rune told the ATP Tour. Asked about his body, he described it as "very good" and added that he was "trying to build it match by match".

Rune's next opponent is Miomir Kecmanovic, who beat Arthur Rinderknech 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-4 after losing the second set. The winner of that match will meet either top seed Taylor Fritz or Cameron Norrie in the quarter-finals.

Michelsen and Tirante also through

Sixth seed Alex Michelsen joined Musetti in the last eight with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Juan Manuel Cerundolo. The ATP Tour noted that it is the American's sixth tour-level quarter-final of 2026. He will play the winner of fourth seed Alejandro Tabilo and qualifier Lorenzo Sonego.

Thiago Agustin Tirante reached the quarter-finals without hitting a ball. Fifth seed Tomas Martin Etcheverry, who beat Swedish wildcard Max Dahlin in three sets on Monday, withdrew before their all-Argentine second-round match, and the official results list a walkover.

Qualifiers make their mark

Two more qualifiers won on Tuesday. Sonego beat Quentin Halys 6-4, 7-6(4), and Aleksandr Shevchenko beat lucky loser Adrian Mannarino 6-1, 6-3. Tennis Majors pointed out that Shevchenko had lost their only previous tour-level meeting, at Wimbledon in 2023.

Shevchenko's reward is a meeting with defending champion and second seed Casper Ruud, whose winner will face Tirante in the quarter-finals.

What it means

With Etcheverry out and Bergs beaten, two of the eight seeds are gone before the second round is complete. Musetti is the highest seed in the last eight so far. He is in the top half with Fritz, so a semi-final against the American, Norrie, Rune or Kecmanovic is possible, while Ruud is in the other half.

The rest of the second round is still to be played: Fritz against Norrie, Rune against Kecmanovic, Humbert against Gojo, Tabilo against Sonego and Ruud against Shevchenko. For Rune, a run deep into the week would be a strong sign that his comeback is on track before the new season.