• In the almost three-hour long battle, both tennis players three times each broke opponent’s serve. In the decisive third set, the 37-year-old Wawrinka was seeded break advantage, but did not break, using the match point in the tiebreak with the second chance.
• Wawrinka, who once triumphed in three “Grand Slam” tournaments, and who overcame the qualification barriers in Metz, will face the naturalized Kazakh tennis player Aleksandar Bublik (ATP 44th), who overcame the two-hour match (6:3, 5:7, 6:4) in the semi-finals. ) with 19-year-old Dane Holger Roone (ATP 31st).
• Pole Huberts Hurkačs (ATP 10th), who made 12 uncatchable serves, was able to enter the semi-finals without any major problems, defeating (6:3, 6:2) the host Arturas Rindernech (ATP 60th).
• The 25-year-old Hurkačs will compete against Lorenzo Sonego (ATP 65) for the sixth time in his career. In the five games so far, the Italian has proved to be superior three times, and on Friday afternoon he unexpectedly defeated (6:4, 6:4) the American Sebastian Cord (ATP 49th) in an hour and a half.
Mecas ATP 250 “Moselle Open” quarterfinals
| The game | The result |
|---|---|
| Stan Wawrinka [Q] – Mikael Imer | 6:4; 4:6; 7:6 (5) |
| Alexander Bublik [7.] – Holger’s Rūne [4.] | 6:3; 5:7; 6:4 |
| Lorenco Sonego – Sebastian Korda | 6:4; 6:4 |
| Huberts Hurkas [2.] – Arthur Rindernech | 6:3; 6:2 |
Competition draw:
https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/c…
