Andreas Seppi is also in the semi-finals in Zagreb

As in the first round against Robin Haase and in the round of 30 against James Ward, Andreas Seppi had to go through three sets against the Lithuanian Ricardas Berankis on Friday afternoon before his victory was dry after almost two hours of play. At the end of a hard-fought game, the 82-year-old South Tyrolean won against the world number 3 with 6:6, 2:7, 6:6(XNUMX).

In the first set, Seppi made a classic false start and lost 2:2 after losing two service games (with the score at 3:5 and 3:6). In the second round, however, he immediately showed clear improvement and took the second and third service games from his opponent. Winning the set with 6:2 points was then just a formality. In the deciding set, an exciting head-to-head duel developed, which went to a tiebreak after each loss of serve. There, Seppi was already 1:4 behind before he mobilized the last reserves of strength and, thanks to several concentration errors from Berankis, moved to 8:6. The second semi-final appearance this year, his 22nd overall, was fixed.

Seppi is waiting for his semi-final opponent

In the round of the last four, the fifth-seeded Überetscher will face the Spaniard Marcel Granollers in the second match after 15.30:55 p.m. on Saturday. Granollers defeated Igor Sjisling from the Netherlands in three sets this year. Between Seppi and the Iberian, who is ranked 3th in the world, the direct duels are tied 3-XNUMX.

Seppi's 21 semi-final duels on the ATP tour so far (6 wins, 15 defeats): Palermo 2005: -Igor Andreev (Russia/ATP 52) 2:6, 4:6 Sydney 2006: -Igor Andreev (Russia/26) 2:6, 6:2, 2:6 Nottingham 2006: -Jonas Björkman (Sweden/77) 3:6, 1:6 Gstaad 2007: +Igor Andreev (Russia/59) 6:4, 3:6, 7:6 Vienna 2007: -Novak Djokovic (Serbia/3) 4:6, 3:6 Hamburg 2008: -Roger Federer (Switzerland/1) 3:6, 1:6 Belgrade 2009: -Novak Djokovic (Serbia/3) 6:4, 1:6, 2:6 Umag 2009: -Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spain/36) 1:6, 7:6, 5:7 Hamburg 2010: -Jürgen Melzer (Austria/15) 4:6, 2:6 Umag 2010: -Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spain/22) 4:6, 2:6 Eastbourne 2011: +Igor Kunitsyn (Russia/71) 6:4, 2:6, 6:4 Belgrade 2012: +David Nalbandian (Argentina/49) 2:6, 6:2, 7:5 Eastbourne 2012: +Ryan Harrison (USA/53) 7:5, 6:1 Metz 2012: +Gael Monfils (France/44) 3:6, 6:1, 6:4 Moscow 2012: +Malek Jaziri (Tunisia/112) 6:3, 6:1 Sydney 2013: -Bernard Tomic (Australia/64) 6:7, 4:6 Oeiras 2013: -David Ferrer (Spain/4) 1:6, 4:6 Eastbourne 2013: -Gilles Simon (France/17) 4:6, 3:6 Umag 2013: -Tommy Robredo (Spain/28) 4:6, 6:2, 4:6 Moscow 2013: -Mikhail Kukushkin (Kazakhstan/102) 1:6, 6:1, 4:6 Doha 2015: -Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic/7) 2:6, 3:6

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Andreas Seppi is also in the semi-finals in Zagreb

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