Humbert sets up Musetti clash as Tabilo outlasts Sonego in Stockholm

Last year's finalist Ugo Humbert took 68 minutes to reach the quarter-finals of the Stockholm Open on Wednesday, beating Croatian qualifier Borna Gojo 6-2, 6-4. Earlier on Centre Court, fourth seed Alejandro Tabilo came through a draining 2 hour 53 minute battle with Lorenzo Sonego, winning 7-6(2), 6-7(7), 7-5.

Their wins set up two Thursday quarter-finals: Humbert against third seed Lorenzo Musetti, and Tabilo against sixth seed Alex Michelsen.

Humbert keeps it short against Gojo

On Court 1, Humbert never gave Gojo a way into the match. It was the first meeting between the two on the ATP Tour. Gojo, ranked No. 134, had come through qualifying and then beaten Tomas Macháč 6-3, 6-4 in the first round without dropping serve, hitting 14 aces along the way. Against the seventh seed he won just six games.

The Frenchman, currently ranked No. 39, has had a much easier time of it in this round than in his opener. In the first round against Adolfo Daniel Vallejo he trailed early in both sets before breaking back, and finished with 26 winners and 34 unforced errors in a 6-4, 6-3 win. Humbert has good memories of the Kungliga tennishallen: he reached the final here in 2025, where he lost 6-2, 6-3 to Casper Ruud.

Tabilo ends his losing streak the hard way

Tabilo's win meant a lot more than the scoreline alone suggests. The Chilean, ranked No. 31, came to Sweden on a four-match losing streak, and his last win had come in the first round in Tokyo. Playing his first match at the tournament, he took the opening tie-break 7-2. Sonego, a qualifier now ranked No. 115, hit back by winning the second-set tie-break 9-7.

The decider stayed close until late, when Tabilo finally edged it 7-5 to reach his 16th tour-level quarter-final and his sixth of the season. According to Tennis Majors, he is only the third Chilean to reach the last eight in Stockholm, after Marcelo Ríos (2001, 2002) and Nicolás Massu (2002).

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For Sonego it was a tough loss. The 31-year-old Italian reached the Stockholm quarter-finals a year ago, and this week he had come through qualifying and then beaten Quentin Halys 6-4, 7-6(4) in the first round.

What comes next

Musetti is the toughest test yet for Humbert. The Italian beat Toby Samuel 6-1, 6-4 in his opening match on Tuesday, his 48th tour-level quarter-final, and he arrived with an 8-2 record on indoor hard courts this season. That includes the Lyon title, which he won by beating Taylor Fritz 6-3, 6-4 in the final.

Tabilo is behind against Michelsen, who leads their head-to-head 1-0 after a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 win at the Miami Open in March. The American lost only five games against Juan Manuel Cerúndolo on Tuesday. The other half of the quarter-final line-up will be settled later on Wednesday. Top seed Taylor Fritz plays Cameron Norrie, second seed Casper Ruud faces Aleksandr Shevchenko and Holger Rune meets Miomir Kecmanović. The winners join Thiago Agustín Tirante, who went through when Tomás Martín Etcheverry withdrew.