Kyrgios met Murray in the semis of Stuttgart

the hungarian Martin Fucsovicswithout apparent physical contractions, was chosen to leave stuttgart ATP tournament when he lost 7-6 (3) and 3-0 and gave the Australian a free pass Nick Kyrgios, who will play in the semifinals of the German competition with the British AndyMurray.

The Hungarian, 55 in the ATP rankings, stayed in the fight for 53 minutes. He fought the first set, where there was no serve break, which he lost in the tiebreaker. Then, in the second heat, Kyrgios took the lead and Fucsovics decided to retire.

The tennis player Canberra78 now in the world rankings, has not played a tournament since April, in the Houston tournament, he reached the semifinals, his best performance so far in 2022.

Kyrgios is targeting his first final of the season in Stuttgart and the first on the lawn in his entire career.

For this he has to face British Andy Murray who got his first win against the ‘top 5’ for the first time since 2016 by beating Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, first seeded. It will also be the second semi-final of the season for the Scotsman who is at this stage in the tournament in Sydney in January.

This will be the seventh match between Kyrgios and Murray who have won five of them. The third conflict on the grass. The first, at Wimbledon in 2016, was for the Scotsman. The most recent, in Queens in 2018, for the ocean.

On the other side of the picture, the German oscar otte He advanced due to the withdrawal of competition from Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi, who did not even jump on the track. The Frenchman argued with abdominal pain for not showing up.

The German will be the opponent of the Italian Matteo Berrettinisecond-seeded, who won the tournament he won in 2019 on the return from his compatriot Lorenzo Sonego 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.