ATP Challenger Todi: Hanfmann in the semifinals, Stebe loses
Yannick Hanfmann has continued his successful run. The 28-year-old German has reached the semifinals of the Internazionali Di Tennis Citta Di Todi. However, there is no stall duel with TennisBase Oberhaching training partner Cedrik-Marcel Stebe at the ATP Challenger event endowed with 88,520 euros.
by Florian Heer
last edit: Aug 22, 2020, 06:58 am
From Florian Heer from Todi
Hanfmann convinced on Friday afternoon in the heat of central Italy with a 6-4, 6-4 success over the number two seeded local hero Marco Cecchinato. Born in Karlsruhe, he was again strong in his own service and won 82 percent of his first serve points. After an hour and 18 minutes, he won the match.
"Today I performed uncompromisingly with a lot of kick-serves", Hanfmann was satisfied in the subsequent interview. “I've also made a lot of progress as he's arguably the better player of the two of us from the baseline. So I tried to keep the rallies short and this worked well. "
However, Hanfmann does not yet want to be considered an Italian scare, although after Lorenzo Musetti in the quarter-finals he bowled the second crowd favorite out of the tournament. “The hut isn't quite full here either. Maybe that's a small advantage if the fans can't support their favorite so loudly. "
Stebe gives Match out of hand
Hanfmann will try to maintain his run of success against Italian players when it comes to Gian Marco Moroni in the semi-finals. He prevailed against Cedrik-Marcel Stebe with 2-6, 7-5, 6-3 in the late evening under floodlights on the Campo Centrale.
It initially looked good for the German seeded number four. After winning the first set, Stebe served to win the match in the 10th game of the second round. But then the thread broke. Moroni, who had already left the field as the winner in the previous two rounds after a set deficit, was able to call up his best tennis again in the final phase and ended the match shortly after 23:00 local time after more than two hours.
Hoang versus Zapata Miralles
In the second semi-final, Frenchman Antonie Hoang and Bernabe Zapata Miralles from Spain will meet. Hoang, placed sixth in Todi, fought the Italian Federico Gaio with 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 after two hours and 42 minutes of play.
"That was a difficult task in every phase of the match today," Hoang said afterwards. “In the third set I was 4-2 behind, but kept fighting until the end. That was a very satisfactory success. "
Zapata Miralles, on the other hand, was only on the field for 38 minutes and was leading 5-3 when his opponent Facundo Bagnis had to give up. The 30-year-old Argentinian suffered from a foot injury and was unable to finish the game.