Nordea Open: Cerundolo to face Rublev in semi-final

No 4 seed Francisco Cerundolo won against Federico Coria 6-3, 6-3 to advance to the last four of the Nordea Open at the Båstads tennisstadion in Bastad on Friday afternoon.

Cerundolo, ranked No 20, will play Russian Andrey Rublev, the second seed, next.

Through in ✌️@FranCerundolo takes out Coria 6-3, 6-3 and will face Rublev in the Semi-final!@NordeaOpen | #NordeaOpen pic.twitter.com/ujWT1EWOfP

— ATP Tour (@atptour) July 21, 2023

This was Cerundolo’s sixth tour-level quarter-final on clay this year, seventh overall.

Ahead of his victory, Francisco Cerundolo beat Frenchman Luca Van Assche (6-2, 6-3).

Coria, ranked No 113, edged out No 8 seed Sebastian Baez (6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (5)) and won against Swede wildcard Leo Borg (6-4, 6-2) earlier in the tournament.

Bastad ATP250, other quarter-finals results (Båstads tennisstadion, clay, EUR 562.815, most recent results first):

• Andrey Rublev beat Alexander Zverev (5): 6-2, 6-3
• Casper Ruud (1) beat Sebastian Ofner: 6-3, 6-4
• Lorenzo Musetti (3) beat Filip Misolic (Q): 4-6, 6-1, 6-2