Montpellier Open: Sinner sets up semi-final versus wild card Fils

Second seed Jannik Sinner moved into the last four of the Montpellier Open by winning against Lorenzo Sonego 6-4, 6-2 at the Sud de France Arena on Friday.

Sinner, ranked No 17, will play wild card Arthur Fils next.

“It was my first match since the Australian Open, I was tight,” admitted the 21-year-old afterwards. “I’m very happy with my performance today and it’s my first win in Montpellier, very positive!”

Sinner extended his career record against other Italians on tour to 6-0 as he moved into his 13th semi-final – and eighth on hard court alone.

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In the previous round of the Montpellier tournament, Jannik Sinner benefited from the forfeit of Hungarian Marton Fucsovics.

Sonego, ranked No 56, beat Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi, the No 8 seed (6-3, 6-4) and Serb Filip Krajinovic (7-5, 6-1) in the previous rounds of the Montpellier tournament.

Montpellier ATP250, other quarter-finals results (Sud de France Arena, hard, EUR 562.815, most recent results first):

• Borna Coric vs. Maxime Cressy
• Holger Rune vs. Gregoire Barrere
• Arthur Fils beat Quentin Halys: 7-6 (3), 6-3

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