Cobolli coasts past Shevchenko in Geneva quarter-finals

Flavio Cobolli made quick work of Alexander Shevchenko in the Geneva quarter-finals on Thursday. Cobolli will go up against either Casper Ruud or Sebastian Baez in the last four.

Flavio Cobolli of Italy returns to Jenson Brooksby of United States during their round of 64 match at the Internazionali BNL D’Italia tennis tournament at Foro Italico in Rome, Italy on May 9, 2022 . Brooksby won 6-3, 6-4 over Cobolli. (Inside/Panoramic)

Tennis Majors

May 23, 2024

Gonet Geneva Open •Quarter-final • completed

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A. ShevchenkovsF. Cobolli

Flavio Cobolli beat Kazakh Alexander Shevchenko 6-4, 6-4 to advance to the semi-finals of the Geneva Open at Tennis Club de Genève, Parc des Eaux-Vives on Thursday evening.

Cobolli, ranked No 56, will play the winner of the match between Argentinian Sebastian Baez, the No 5 seed, and Norwegian Casper Ruud, the second seed.

The 22-year-old Italian previously defeated Russian Aslan Karatsev (7-5, 6-1) and American Ben Shelton, the No 4 seed (4-6, 7-6 (1), 6-2).

In the previous rounds of the Geneva tournament, Shevchenko — ranked No 61 — ousted Hungarian Fabian Marozsan, the No 7 seed (6-4, 7-6 (4)) before getting a walkover from Finland’s Emil Ruusuvuori.