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
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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
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