By Alberto Amalfi | Saturday, April 8, 2023
Miomir Kecmanovic burst through 10 of the final 12 games dispatching Marco Cecchinato 6-3, 6-1 to roll into his fourth ATP final in Estoril.
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Miomir Kecmanovic continues to clean up in Estoril.
Kecmanovic burst through 10 of the final 12 games dispatching Marco Cecchinato 6-3, 6-1 to roll into his fourth ATP final on the red clay of Estoril.
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World No. 40 Kecmanovic reached his first clay-court final since the 2020 Kitzbuhel. Kecmanovic will play top-seeded Casper Ruud in tomorrow's final
Ruud edged France's Quentin Halys, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(2), to reach his first final of 2023 in Saturday's second semifinal .
It is Kecmanovic's second final in two months following his trip to the Delray Beach final where he fell to Taylor Fritz.
The sixth-seeded Kecmanovic has not dropped a set in tournament victories over Luca Nardi, Jurij Rodionov, Bernabe Zapata Miralles and Cecchinato.
Superior serving carried Kecmanovic through today's first semifinal.
Kecmanovic cranked five aces against no double faults, won 26 of 29 first-serve points and saved both break points he faced in a 68-minute triumph.
In next week's Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters, Kecmanovic is set to face 16th-seeded Italian Lorenzo Musetti in his opener.