Nordea Open: Musetti advances to semi-finals
The Italian will play the winner of the match between Norwegian Casper Ruud, the top seed, and Austrian Sebastian Ofner in the last four
Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti in action during his first round match against Sweden’s Mikael Ymer at Roland-Garros in 2023 (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)
Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 3 seed, moved into the semi-finals of the Nordea Open by winning against Austrian qualifier Filip Misolic 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 in Bastad on Friday.
Musetti, ranked No 16 in the world, will play the winner of the match between Norwegian Casper Ruud, the top seed, and Austrian Sebastian Ofner next.
Through in style 😎@Lorenzo1Musetti reaches the last 4 in Bastad, taking out Misolic 4-6 6-1 6-2!#NordeaOpen pic.twitter.com/oxqWkWJJv8
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) July 21, 2023
In the previous round of the Bastad tournament, the 21-year-old Italian edged out Matteo Arnaldi (6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (6)).
Misolic, ranked No 139, defeated Serb Dusan Lajovic (7-6 (4), 7-6 (4)) and edged out Slovak qualifier Jozef Kovalik (4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4) earlier in the tournament.
Bastad ATP250, other quarter-final results (Båstads tennisstadion, clay, EUR 562,815):
- Federico Coria vs. Francisco Cerundolo
- Alexander Zverev vs. Andrey Rublev
- Casper Ruud vs. Sebastian Ofner
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