Swiss Open: Tsitsipas eases past Fognini to reach the semi-finals
Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Fabio Fognini 6-4, 6-3 on Friday. He’ll face the winner of the match between Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 3 seed, and Italian Matteo Berrettini, the No 6 seed, in the next round
Tsitsipas, Hamburg Open, 2024 © Zuma / Panoramic
Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the top seed, moved into the semi-finals of the Swiss Open by beating Italian Fabio Fognini, the No 7 seed, 6-4, 6-3 at the Roy Emerson Arena in Gstaad.
Tsitsipas, ranked No 12, will face the winner of the match between Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 3 seed, and Italian Matteo Berrettini, the No 6 seed, next.
In the previous round of the Gstaad tournament, the Greek won against Serb Hamad Medjedovic (7-6 (6), 6-3).
Fognini, ranked No 80, won against French qualifier Titouan Droguet (6-4, 6-3) and edged out Peruvian qualifier Juan Pablo Varillas (3-6, 7-6 (5), 7-5) in the previous rounds of the Gstaad tournament.
Gstaad ATP 250, other last-eight results (Roy Emerson Arena, clay, EUR 579.320, most recent results first):
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Matteo Berrettini
- Jan-Lennard Struff (5) beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry (4): 7-5, 3-6, 6-3
- Quentin Halys (Q) beat Gustavo Heide (Q): 6-1, 7-5
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