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'''Baptiste Masotti''' (born 5 June 1995, in [[Niort]]) is a French professional squash player. As of |
'''Baptiste Masotti''' (born 5 June 1995, in [[Niort]]) is a French professional [[Squash (sport)|squash]] player. {{As of|2024|07}}, he was ranked number 19 [[squash rankings|in the world]];<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://psaworldtour.com/players/view/3678/baptiste-masotti|title = Baptiste Masotti |website=PSA World Tour |publisher=[[Professional Squash Association]] |access-date=7 July 2024 }}</ref> his highest career rank was 13, on 29 January 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.squashinfo.com/player/5702 |title = Baptiste Masotti (France) |website=Squash Info |access-date=7 July 2024 }}</ref> |
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==Career== |
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Baptiste Masotti made his sports debut in 2001, while aged 6, at Olympique Léodgarien, a Niort-area football club, where he played as a center-forward through the youth categories until his mid teenage years. Schooled in Jean-Zay, La Zup, Niort, his passion for squash was ignited through his father's legacy. Jean-Michel Masotti was himself a nationally ranked squash player before he, his wife Anne, and their newborns Marion and Baptiste settled in La Moucherie, Saint-Liguaire, Niort, in the late 1990s. At Olympique Léodgarien, Baptiste played along several soon-to-become notable players such as Alex Mathé-Cathala, whose superior footballing abilities were evident even as a child. |
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===Junior career=== |
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In his early teens, Masotti played [[Association football|football]] in Niort as well as squash. In 2009, after winning bronze in the under-15s division of the {{ill|French Squash Championships|fr|Championnat de France de squash|de|Französische Squash-Meisterschaften}}, he chose to focus on squash and was selected for the French national under-15s team at the European Championships in May 2009.<ref name=SO>{{cite news |url=https://www.sudouest.fr/sport/football/ligue1/baptiste-masotti-a-tout-d-un-grand-9860262.php |title=Baptiste Masotti a tout d'un grand |newspaper=[[Sud Ouest]] |date=5 April 2011 |access-date=7 July 2024 |language=fr }}</ref> Training at the Squash Academy in [[La Rochelle]], he won the national championship in 2010 as an under-15 and 2011 as an under-17.<ref name=SO/> |
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===Senior career=== |
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In 2019, Masotti for the first time played for the French senior team at the [[2019 Men's World Team Squash Championships|WSF World Team Championships]].<ref name=dream>{{cite news |url=https://www.worldsquash.org/mens-world-teams-appearance-a-dream-come-true-for-baptiste-masotti/ |title=Men's World Teams Appearance a 'Dream Come True' for Baptiste Masotti |publisher=[[World Squash Federation]] |date=17 April 2020 |access-date=7 July 2024 }}</ref> |
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===Professional career=== |
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Masotti debuted in the [[Professional Squash Association]] in the [[2019–20 PSA World Tour|2019–20 season]]. In October 2019 he played in his first platinum-level tournament, the {{ill|Egyptian Squash Open|fr|Open d'Égypte de squash|de|Egyptian Open}},<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ffsquash.com/fr/actualites-squash/2328-cib-egyptian-open-quatre-francais-en-lice.html |title=CIB Egyptian Open: quatre Français en lice |publisher=[[French Squash Federation]] |date=24 October 2019 |access-date=7 July 2024 |language=fr }}</ref> where he defeated the former [[European Squash Individual Championships|European champion]] [[Borja Golán]], the former world 4th-ranked [[Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (squash player)|Miguel Ángel Rodríguez]]<ref>{{cite news |author=Pascal Coville |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Squash/Actualites/Open-d-egypte-le-francais-baptiste-masotti-s-offre-un-exploit/1073601 |title=Open d'Égypte: le Français Baptiste Masotti s'offre un exploit |newspaper=[[L'Équipe]] |date=26 October 2019 |access-date=7 July 2024 |language=fr }}</ref> and the former [[World Junior Squash Championships|world junior champion]] [[Ng Eain Yow]]<ref>{{cite news |author=Kng Zheng Guan |url=https://www.nst.com.my/sports/others/2019/10/533978/third-round-ko-eain-yow |title=Third round KO for Eain Yow |newspaper=[[The New Straits Times]] |date=28 October 2019 |access-date=7 July 2024 }}</ref> to reach the quarter-finals.<ref name=dream/> At the 2020 [[Tournament of Champions (squash)|Tournament of Champions]], he defeated the former top-ranked England player [[Adrian Waller]] in the first round.<ref name=dream/> In December 2019, he was ranked in the top 50 for the first time, and in February 2020, in the top 40; when rankings were frozen because of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], he was ranked number 37.<ref name=dream/> |
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In the [[2020–21 PSA Men's World Squash Championship|2020–21 World Championship]], he reached the third round, where he was knocked out by former [[2016 Men's World Open Squash Championship|world champion]] [[Karim Abdel Gawad]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Martial Debeaux |url=https://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/niort/squash-championnats-du-monde-le-niortais-baptiste-masotti-peut-voir-plus-haut |title=Championnats du monde de squash: le Niortais Baptiste Masotti peut voir plus haut |newspaper=[[La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest|La Nouvelle République]] |date=20 July 2021 |access-date=7 July 2024 |language=fr }}</ref> In November 2021 he broke into the top 20. |
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Masotti reached the quarter-finals at the [[Squash at the 2022 World Games|2022 World Games]], losing to Miguel Ángel Rodríguez.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://thesquashsite.com/2022-world-games |title=World Games 2022 |website=The Squash Site |date=15 July 2022 |access-date=7 July 2024 }}</ref> |
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After reaching the last 16 in the 2024 Tournament of Champions, he reached his highest career rank of number 13 on 29 January 2024.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.psaworldtour.com/featured-news/masotti-reaches-career-best-position-in-latest-mens-world-rankings/ |title=Masotti Reaches Career-Best Position In Latest Men's World Rankings |website=[[PSA World Tour]] |date=29 January 2024 |access-date=7 July 2024 }}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Born | Niort, France | 5 June 1995||||||||||||||
Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Turned Pro | 2019 | ||||||||||||||
Retired | Active | ||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 13 (January 2024) | ||||||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 19 (July 2024) | ||||||||||||||
Title(s) | 6 | ||||||||||||||
Tour final(s) | 16 | ||||||||||||||
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Baptiste Masotti (born 5 June 1995, in Niort) is a French professional squash player. As of July 2024[update], he was ranked number 19 in the world;[1] his highest career rank was 13, on 29 January 2024.[2]
Career
Junior career
In his early teens, Masotti played football in Niort as well as squash. In 2009, after winning bronze in the under-15s division of the French Squash Championships , he chose to focus on squash and was selected for the French national under-15s team at the European Championships in May 2009.[3] Training at the Squash Academy in La Rochelle, he won the national championship in 2010 as an under-15 and 2011 as an under-17.[3]
Senior career
In 2019, Masotti for the first time played for the French senior team at the WSF World Team Championships.[4]
Professional career
Masotti debuted in the Professional Squash Association in the 2019–20 season. In October 2019 he played in his first platinum-level tournament, the Egyptian Squash Open ,[5] where he defeated the former European champion Borja Golán, the former world 4th-ranked Miguel Ángel Rodríguez[6] and the former world junior champion Ng Eain Yow[7] to reach the quarter-finals.[4] At the 2020 Tournament of Champions, he defeated the former top-ranked England player Adrian Waller in the first round.[4] In December 2019, he was ranked in the top 50 for the first time, and in February 2020, in the top 40; when rankings were frozen because of the COVID-19 pandemic, he was ranked number 37.[4]
In the 2020–21 World Championship, he reached the third round, where he was knocked out by former world champion Karim Abdel Gawad.[8] In November 2021 he broke into the top 20.
Masotti reached the quarter-finals at the 2022 World Games, losing to Miguel Ángel Rodríguez.[9]
After reaching the last 16 in the 2024 Tournament of Champions, he reached his highest career rank of number 13 on 29 January 2024.[10]
References
- ^ "Baptiste Masotti". PSA World Tour. Professional Squash Association. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ "Baptiste Masotti (France)". Squash Info. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Baptiste Masotti a tout d'un grand". Sud Ouest (in French). 5 April 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Men's World Teams Appearance a 'Dream Come True' for Baptiste Masotti". World Squash Federation. 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ "CIB Egyptian Open: quatre Français en lice" (in French). French Squash Federation. 24 October 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ Pascal Coville (26 October 2019). "Open d'Égypte: le Français Baptiste Masotti s'offre un exploit". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ Kng Zheng Guan (28 October 2019). "Third round KO for Eain Yow". The New Straits Times. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ Martial Debeaux (20 July 2021). "Championnats du monde de squash: le Niortais Baptiste Masotti peut voir plus haut". La Nouvelle République (in French). Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ "World Games 2022". The Squash Site. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ "Masotti Reaches Career-Best Position In Latest Men's World Rankings". PSA World Tour. 29 January 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.