Musetti cruises into Croatia Open final
Lorenzo Musetti won against Jakub Mensik 6-4, 6-1 on Friday evening and will face Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 4 seed, for the title
Michael Baucher / Panoramic
Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the second seed, defeated Jakub Mensik 6-4, 6-1 to reach the final of the Croatia Open at the ITC Stella Maris in Umag on Friday evening.
Musetti, ranked No 17, will play Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 4 seed, next.
Earlier in the tournament, the 22-year-old Italian won against Argentinian qualifier Marco Trungelliti (6-4, 6-3) and Serb Dusan Lajovic (5-7, 6-3, 6-0).
Mensik, ranked No 81, beat Australian Alexei Popyrin (6-3, 6-2), Italian Luciano Darderi, the No 5 seed (6-4, 6-3) and lucky loser Chun-Hsin Tseng (6-0, 6-4) in the previous rounds of the Umag tournament.
Umag ATP 250, other semi-final result (ITC Stella Maris, clay, EUR 579.320):
- Francisco Cerundolo beat Andrey Rublev (1): 7-6 (6), 6-4
People in this post
More tennis news
Hurkacz ends eight-match losing run against Djokovic to storm into Shanghai third round
October 9, 2019: The day Spanish tennis legend Andres Gimeno passed away
October 8, 1989: The day Jim Courier won his first title, beating Stefan Edberg in the final
October 7, 1999: The day John McEnroe started his Davis Cup captaincy by offending Zimbabwe, his team’s first opponents
Djokovic wins seventh Beijing title and 102nd career crown as injured de Minaur retires
