Seppi in the semi-finals: Now comes Federer

Andreas Seppi confirmed his current top form on Friday evening at the ATP 500 indoor tournament in Rotterdam.

After the 33-year-old from Kalteren was able to eliminate world number 4, Alexander Zverev, in two sets in the round of 57 on Wednesday, he also defeated the Russian Daniil Medvedev (ATP 2) in the quarter-finals today with 03 after 7:6 hours of play: 4(4), 6:6, 3:XNUMX.

Seppi will contest his 27th semi-final on the ATP tour on Saturday: at 19.30:1 p.m. he will face the new world number one. Roger Federer.

As expected, the game against Medvedev was very even. In the first set, both players served until the tiebreak. Seppi had to fend off one break opportunity when the score was 1:1 and two more break points at 4:4, while Medvedev only had to fend off one when he was ahead 5:4. In the tiebreak, Seppi showed better nerves and won 7:4 with two mini-breaks.

The second half of the game surprisingly began with two breaks. First Medvedev took the serve from Kalterer, then Seppi managed the rebreak to make it 1-1. When the score was 2-1 for Seppi, the 22-year-old Russian had his thigh treated. When the game resumed, Seppi couldn't really get back into the game. In the seventh game he conceded the break to 3:4, and after almost an hour and a half of play he lost the second set 4:6.

The third, decisive period of the game began with a break from Seppi for a 3-1 lead. Medwedev immediately managed the rebreak, but in the sixth game Seppi took the opponent's serve again to make it 4-2. With the score at 5:2, Medvedev was able to fend off three match balls from Kalterer, but Seppi used the fourth on his own serve to make the final score 6:3.

In the semifinals against tennis legend Federer On Saturday Seppi will fight for a place in the final at 19.30:1 p.m. The hammer duel against Roger Federer is now on the program for the Kalterer. The Swiss tennis legend, who will officially become number 14 in the world again next week after today's three-set win against Robin Haase, has already played against Seppi 2015 times. The Kalterer's only victory so far in the third round of the Australian Open 6, where he was able to assert himself in four sets with 4:7, 6:5(4), 6:7, 6:5(XNUMX), is unforgettable.

After his success against Medvedev, Seppi has already secured €99.065 in prize money and an impressive 190 ATP points (180 + 10 from qualification). In addition, the “Azzurro” will return to the top 60 in the world next week.

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Seppi in the semi-finals: Now comes Federer

The Kalterer tennis professional Andreas Seppi made it to the semi-finals of the ATP indoor tournament in Rotterdam. In the quarterfinals he defeated the Russian Daniel Medvedev on Friday. Roger Federer is waiting in the semifinals.

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