Seppi after first victory over Stepanek in the semi-finals - UPDATE

ATEAndreas Seppi and Radek Stepanek (ATP 48) have faced each other four times in their careers on the ATP tour to date. The South Tyrolean lost out to the Czech turf specialist in all four encounters. But in the quarterfinals of the ATP tournament in Eastbourne, which has prize money of 468.460 euros, Seppi successfully defied his opponent at the fifth attempt today. The South Tyrolean, seeded seventh, prevailed in two sets 6:4, 6:2.

The game didn't necessarily start well, because Andreas Seppi, number 26 in the ATP world rankings, received a quick break and after a quarter of an hour Stepanek was leading 3-1 on his own serve. Seppi was able to take the service from the 34-year-old Czech and equalize to 3:3 with his own serve. After the 4:4, the South Tyrolean broke the Eastern European again and ultimately served out the set. At this point, just over 50 minutes had been played.

The second set began with a break from Seppi. And when the score was 3:1 for the Kalterer, Seppi took his opponent's serve for the second time. After 1:13 hours, Andreas Seppi converted the third match point and moved into the semi-finals in Eastbourne for the third time in a row. In southern England in 2011 he celebrated his first tournament victory on the tour.

In the semi-final on Friday afternoon against Gilles Simon In the semi-finals on Friday, in the second match after 15.30:2 p.m., Sartori's protégé will face number 7 seeded Frenchman Gilles Simon, who beat Bernard Tomic (Australia) 6:6, 3:XNUMX today.

Seppi has never won against Simon either. The man from Kaltern lost all three direct encounters against the number 17 in the world, albeit narrowly: in 2006 he lost in Valencia 6:7(2), 6:7(4) and in Palermo 0:6, 7:6(2 ), 2:6, two years later he had to admit defeat in Lyon 6:7(5), 7:5, 4:6

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Seppi after first victory over Stepanek in the semi-finals - UPDATE

The 29-year-old from Kalter moved into the round of the last four at the ATP tournament in Eastbourne on Thursday afternoon.

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