Vienna Open: Musetti reaches semi-finals, defeats top seed Zverev

Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 6 seed, moved into the last four of the Vienna Open by edging out German Alexander Zverev, the top seed, 2-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 at the Wiener Stadthalle on Friday.

Musetti, ranked No 17, will play No 7 seed Jack Draper next.

The 22-year-old Italian defeated Lorenzo Sonego (6-3, 6-2) and Frenchman Gael Monfils (W/O) in the previous rounds of the Vienna tournament.

Earlier in the tournament, Zverev, ranked No 3, won against Austrian wildcard Joel Josef Schwaerzler (6-2, 6-2) and American Marcos Giron (6-2, 7-5).

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Vienna ATP 500, other quarter-finals results (Wiener Stadthalle, hard, EUR 2.470.310, most recent results first):

• Jakub Mensik vs. Alex De Minaur
• Matteo Berrettini vs. Karen Khachanov
• Jack Draper beat Tomas Machac: 6-3, 3-6, 6-1