Croatia Open: Musetti advances to semi-finals to face Mensik

Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the second seed, moved into the semi-finals of the Croatia Open by winning against Serb Dusan Lajovic in three sets on Thursday.

Musetti, who will head to Paris for the Olympic Games at the end of this tournament, came from a set down to win 5-7, 6-3, 6-0 at the ITC Stella Maris in Umag.

The Italian, ranked No 17, will face Jakub Mensik next.

Ahead of their wins today, Musetti beat Argentinian qualifier Marco Trungelliti (6-4, 6-3) while Lajovic, ranked No 53, defeated Austrian qualifier Filip Misolic (6-4, 3-6, 6-2) and Italian Flavio Cobolli (7-6 (5), 7-6 (3)).

Umag ATP 250, other last eight results (ITC Stella Maris, clay, EUR 579,320):

• Andrey Rublev (1) beat Fabian Marozsan: 5-7, 6-3, 6-2
• Jakub Mensik beat Chun-Hsin Tseng (LL): 6-0, 6-4
• Francisco Cerundolo (4) beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (2)