Croatia Open: Second seed Sonego does it tough against Munar to make first semi-final of 2023

Italian Lorenzo Sonego, the second seed, moved into the last 4 of the Croatia Open by winning against Spaniard Jaume Munar 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 at the ITC Stella Maris in Umag on Friday evening.

Sonego, ranked No 43, will face the winner of the match between Swiss Stan Wawrinka, the No 6 seed, and Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena, the No 4 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Umag tournament, the Italian defeated Marco Cecchinato (6-1, 7-6 (7)).

Munar, ranked No 104, won against No 8 seed Albert Ramos-Vinolas (6-3, 3-6, 6-3) and Hungarian Fabian Marozsan (6-4, 6-3) in the previous rounds of the Umag tournament.

For Sonego, this is the Italian’s first semi-final of the 2023 season, having come into the Croatia Open off the back of four consecutive losses.

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Tennis Majors

Umag ATP250, other quarter-finals results (ITC Stella Maris, clay, EUR 562.815, most recent results first):

• Stan Wawrinka vs. Roberto Carballes Baena: TBC
• Alexei Popyrin beat Dino Prizmic (WC): 7-6 (2), 7-5
• Matteo Arnaldi (7) beat Jiri Lehecka (1): 3-6, 6-2, 6-4