Hamburg Open: Djere reaches semi-finals

Serb Laslo Djere moved into the semi-finals of the Hamburg Open with an upset win over defending champion Lorenzo Musetti, the No 3 seed, 7-5, 6-3 at Am Rothenbaum on Friday.

Djere, ranked No 57, will face the winner of the match between Chinese Zhizhen Zhang and German Daniel Altmaier next.

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Djere knocks out the defending champion Musetti 7-5 6-3 to book another semi-final spot@hamburgopen | #hamburgopen pic.twitter.com/cxckkbipCW

— ATP Tour (@atptour) July 28, 2023

The Serb beat Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry, the No 6 seed (7-6 (2), 6-3) and Argentinian Guido Pella (6-2, 3-6, 6-3) ahead of his victory.

Earlier in the tournament, Musetti, ranked No 18, defeated Swede qualifier Elias Ymer (6-4, 6-1) and edged out Slovak lucky loser Jozef Kovalik (3-6, 6-2, 6-4).

Hamburg ATP500, other quarter-finals results (Am Rothenbaum, clay, EUR 1.831.515, most recent results first):

• Casper Ruud vs. Arthur Fils
• Alexander Zverev vs. Luca Van Assche
• Zhizhen Zhang vs. Daniel Altmaier