By Alberto Amalfi | Saturday, July 22, 2023
Albert Ramos-Vinolas stopped second-seeded Miomir Kecmanovic 6-2, 6-3 to reach his 12th career ATP final on the red clay of Gstaad.
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Returning to his Gstaad stomping grounds, Albert Ramos-Vinolas is showing strong closing kick.
Ramos-Vinolas stopped second-seeded Miomir Kecmanovic 6-2, 6-3 to reach his 12th career ATP final on the red clay of Gstaad.
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The Spanish left-hander converted six of 11 break point chances. Ramos-Vinolas punished Kecmanovic's second serve winning 14 of 20 points played on the Serbian's second serve.
In 2019, Ramos-Vinolas broke serve four times sweeping Cedrik-Marcel Stebe, 6-3, 6-2, to snare his second career title in Gstaad.
Tomorrow, Ramos-Vinolas will play for his fifth career title and first since the 2022 Cordoba crown.
World No. 79 Ramos-Vinolas will face Argentinean Pedro Cachin for the Gstaad championship.
Cachin crushed world No. 183 Hamad Medjedovic 6-3, 6-1 in today's second semifinal. Cachin won 22 of 24 first-serve points and did not face a break point in a 63-minute victory.
This will be the first meeting between the 90th-ranked Cachin and Ramos-Vinolas.