ATP Cagliari: Hemp man beats Cecchinato, Musetti wrestles Evans
Yannick Hanfmann andLorenzo Musetti are in the quarter-finals of the ATP 250 tournament in Cagliari.
by SID / tennisnet
last edit: Apr 08, 2021, 03:16 pm
After his smooth 6: 0 and 6: 1 success over Dennis Novak, youngster Lorenzo Musetti immediately built on his great performance against the Austrian against the top seeded Dan Evans in the round of 16. The first set went 6-1 to the Italian, but in the second half the Briton turned the tables and only gave up one game.
The third section then turned out to be much more evenly balanced, ultimately won by the 19-year-old local hero. Musetti fended off four match points in the tie-break of the last set and after the 6: 1, 1: 6 and 7: 6 (8) success in the quarter-finals, he faces John Millman or Laslo Djere.
Two Germans in the quarter-finals
The German Yannick Hanfmann has also made it to the quarter-finals at the ATP tournament in Cagliari. The world number 105. defeated the twelve places better placed Italian Marco Cecchinato with 7: 5 and 6: 1. After 1:34 hours, the Karlsruhe man transformed his first match ball. In the round of the last eight, Hanfmann meets French Gilles Simon or Lorenzo Sonego (Italy).
Jan-Lennard Struff from Warstein had already reached the quarter-finals in Sardinia on Wednesday . The 30-year-old will fight the Georgian Nikolos Basilashvili for the semi-finals on Friday.