Andreas Seppi's dream of winning the tournament has shattered

Seppi and the Frenchman, who is ranked 49th in the world and three places behind the Kalterer native, fought a duel at eye level for an hour and a half, at the end of which Mannarino prevailed 7:5 and 7:5. Seppi's 29th semi-final on the ATP tour - the third in Russia's capital - was not successful. It was his sixth semi-final defeat in a row on the ATP tour and he has now been waiting for his ninth final for over three years.

Today the Kalterer player played his 29th semi-final, the third in Moscow after 2012 and 2013. After the victories against Klizan, Herbert and Krajinovic, Seppi was also slightly favored against Mannarino, as he had only beaten the Frenchman eleven days ago at the Masters 1000 tournament in Shanghai 6:4, 6:4.

$43.590 in prize money and 3 ATP places The match was then very even. In the first set, Seppi missed two break points when the score was 2:2, while Mannarino took his only chance in the twelfth game and won the first period 42:7 after 5 minutes. In the second set, Seppi took the Frenchman's serve to make it 3:2 and then took the lead with 4:2 and 5:3. However, Mannarino managed the rebreak to make it 5:5 and then, again in the twelfth game, even got the decisive point to make the final score 7:5.

With this victory, Mannarino also equalizes the balance of the direct duels against Seppi. The two met each other eight times, Seppi won four times and the French four times. Seppi can console himself for this defeat with $43.590 in prize money and 90 ATP points. Next week he will gain three positions in the world rankings and climb to 43rd place. Seppi will be playing at the “Swiss Open” in Basel from Monday. Seppi's 29 semi-finals on the ATP tour (8 wins, 21 losses): 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) 3:6, 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 Zagreb 2015: +Marcel Granollers (Spain/55) 7:6, 6:1 Hall 2015: +Kei Nishikori (Japan/5) 4:1 task Hamburg 2015: -Rafael Nadal (Spain/10) 1:6, 2:6 Nottingham 2016: -Steve Johnson (USA/38) 4:6, 4:6 Antalya 2017: -Adrian Mannarino (France/62) 4:6, 4:6 Rotterdam 2018: -Roger Federer (Switzerland/2) 3:6, 6:7 Budapest 2018: -Marco Cecchinato (Italy/ATP 92) 7:5, 6:7(4), 3:6 Moscow 2018: -Adrian Mannarino (France/ATP49) 5:7, 5:7

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Andreas Seppi's dream of winning the tournament has shattered

Andreas Seppi's run of success at the Kremlin Cup in Moscow has come to a halt: the veteran from South Tyrol lost to Adrian Mannarino in the semi-finals after a tough fight.

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