the norwegian Casper Ruud, 5th in the world ranking, and Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic (40th) will play in the final of the Estoril Open this Sundayafter defeating French Quentin Halys and Italian Marco Cecchinato in the semifinals, respectively.
Ruud, the main seed of this ATP 250 tournament on clay and who defeated the current champion, the Argentine Sebastián Báez, in the quarterfinals, took a lot of patience against Halys (80th) in three sets this Saturday.
The Norwegian prevailed in the first set 6-4but his rival took second by 3-6.
The result was decided in a contested third set, which ended 7-6(2) in favor of Ruud.
In the other semifinal, Kecmanovic had no trouble defeating Cecchinato (96th) and won the match 3-6 and 1-6.
The Serbian experienced a double victory this Saturday, as he also qualified for the doubles final with his compatriot Nikola Cacic by defeating the duo formed by Ecuadorian Gonzalo Escobar and Frenchman Fabien Reboul (2-6, 6-1 and 3- 10). ).
They will play in the final against Belgian Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen, who defeated Portuguese Nuno Borges and Francisco Cabral 6-7(4) and 6-7(4).
Source: La Verdad
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