Musetti thrills home crowd by reaching semi-finals in Florence
Lorenzo Musetti won against Mackenzie McDonald 6-3, 6-2 on Friday evening. He’ll play the winner of the match between Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the top seed, and American Brandon Nakashima, the No 8 seed, in the next round
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Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 3 seed, moved into the semi-finals of the Florence Open by winning against American Mackenzie McDonald 6-3, 6-2 at the Palazzo Wanny on Friday evening.
Musetti, ranked No 28, will play the winner of the match between Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the top seed, and American Brandon Nakashima, the No 8 seed.
The 20-year-old Italian defeated Spaniard Bernabe Zapata Miralles (6-3, 6-0) in the previous round in Florence.
Earlier in the tournament, McDonald, ranked No 79, won against No 6 seed Jenson Brooksby (6-4, 4-6, 6-1) and Italian wildcard Francesco Passaro (6-4, 7-5).
Florence ATP 250, other last-eight results (Palazzo Wanny, EUR 612.000, most recent results first):
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Brandon Nakashima
- J.J. Wolf beat Alexander Bublik (7): 3-6, 7-5, 6-1
- Mikael Ymer (Q) beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 6-4, 6-2
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