Bitter déjà vu: Mannarino prevents Seppi from reaching the final

The Frenchman (ATP 44) had already prevented Seppi (ATP 72) from reaching the final in Moscow last year, and now he repeated his success and clearly put the veteran from Kaltern in his place at his favorite tournament with 6:3, 6:4. Seppi won his third and last title to date at the Russian tournament in 2012. Overall, this weekend was his 31st time in an ATP semi-final.

The Überetscher threw everything into the balance in front of his wife Michela and tried to apply constant pressure, but his counterpart read the game much better. As a result, the long rallies that were important for morale almost all went to Mannarino.

Two breaks are enough for Mannarino to win The Frenchman laid the foundation for victory with his serve game. So he carried out the first service for Seppi. The Kalterer player, on the other hand, had to wait until the fourth game before he could even score his first point. The first sentence was a relatively clear matter.

The second round began exactly like the first: with a break from Mannarino. Afterwards, a tough duel at eye level developed, in which Seppi's opponent showed nerves of steel. He played through each of his ten service games and confidently won the game after exactly 76 minutes. Seppi takes a break This South Tyrolean Super Saturday ends with two semi-final defeats. Already in the afternoon there was a high-flying flight Jannik Sinner has no chance against Stan Wawrinka in Antwerp . While Sinner will be serving in the first round of the ATP 500 tournament in Vienna next week against a qualifier, Seppi is now taking a break after the strenuous competition in the Russian capital and will not be playing at the indoor tournament in Basel as originally planned.

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Bitter déjà vu: Mannarino prevents Seppi from reaching the final

Nothing comes of Andreas Seppi's planned fourth ATP tournament victory of his career. In the semi-finals of the Kremlin Cup, Adrian Mannarino stood in his way - and not for the first time.

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