Swiss Open: Ramos-Vinolas advances to final by defeating second seed Kecmanovic

Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas reached the final of the Swiss Open – his first of the season – by beating Serb Miomir Kecmanovic, the second seed, 6-2, 6-3 at the Roy Emerson Arena in Gstaad on Saturday.

Ramos-Vinolas, ranked No 79, will face the winner of the match between Argentinian Pedro Cachin and Serb qualifier Hamad Medjedovic next in his 12th career final.

12th career final 🤩@albertramos88 defeats Kecmanovic 6-2 6-3 to reach the Gstaad final 👏#SwissOpen pic.twitter.com/gnZ27uFB53

— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) July 22, 2023

Although Kecmanovic is 35 places higher in the rankings than the Spaniard, it was Ramos-Vinolas who went into their match with the sole win in their previous head-to-head, winning 7-6 (2), 6-3 on hard court in Zhuhai back in 2019.

Earlier in the tournament, the 35-year-old Spaniard won against Italian wildcard Fabio Fognini (6-1, 2-6, 6-2), Italian Lorenzo Sonego, the No 3 seed (6-3, 3-6, 6-4) and Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillas (6-7 (2), 6-1, 6-4).

Kecmanovic, ranked No 44, defeated Swiss wildcard Dominic Stricker (7-6 (4), 6-1) and edged out Belgian qualifier Zizou Bergs (6-4, 3-6, 7-5) in the previous rounds of the Gstaad tournament.

Gstaad ATP250, other semi-final result (Roy Emerson Arena, clay, EUR 562.815):

• Pedro Cachin vs. Hamad Medjedovic