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Lorenzo Sonego and Andrey Rublev will contest the final of the Erste Bank Open at the Wiener Stadthalle on Sunday (starting at 2pm)! the Italy’s Sonego, who swept world number one Novak Djokovic 6: 2, 6: 1 in the quarter-finals, continued his winning streak and defeated Britain’s Daniel Evans 6: 3, 6: 4 in the semi-finals.
Fifth-seeded Rublev, who had beaten Dominic Thiem in the round of 16, benefited from the abandonment of his South African semi-final opponent Kevin Anderson, who won the match 6: 4, 4: 1 for the Russian due to a injury to his right. Thigh could no longer continue.
Sonego lost in three sets in the second and final qualifying round last Sunday against Slovenian Aljaz Bedene, but entered the main competition as a lucky underdog, in which he and Rublev have yet to deliver a set. The 25-year-old from Turin is the first player since Andreas Haider-Maurer in 2010 to reach the final of the tennis classic at the Wiener Stadthalle as a lucky loser. The one from Lower Austria lost the final against his compatriot Jürgen Melzer in three sets. For Sonego, Sunday is his second ATP title after Antalya 2019. Rublev arrives at the Erste Bank Open in Doha, Adelaide, Hamburg and St. Petersburg after the fifth victory of this year’s tournament, which would surpass Djokovic in this statistic. , who also holds four titles in 2020. The only duel so far between Rublev and Sonego was won by the Russian world number eight in 2016 in a clay-court Challenger tournament at Cortina d’Ampezzo in two sets.
“I am happy to be in the final here. I played Lorenzo on a Challenger a few years ago. Since then, his game has changed a lot. He has great serve, a strong forehand and is also a great fighter. It will definitely be a difficult match. The ending here is another highlight of my best season on tour so far. I have a great team and great friends around me. That helps a lot to create these results. They all want the best for me. The key to this year going so well is definitely the fact that I am not alone, ”Rublev said.
With the final in Vienna, Lorenzo Sonego improved to 32nd place in the world rankings and thus reached a personal record. In the event of a tournament win in Vienna, the Italian would be in the top 30 in the ATP rankings for the first time. “It’s amazing. I already lost in qualifying, but I came out onto the field as a lucky loser and then I won every game. Andrey is in great shape right now, but tomorrow I will focus on my game. I enter the final with a lot of confidence. myself. It would be a dream come true if I could win a great title here in Vienna, “said Sonego.
The last Sunday will open at 11:45 am with the decision in doubles between the Polish-Brazilian duo Lukasz Kubot / Marcelo Melo and the British duo Jamie Murray / Neal Skupski.
Erste Bank Open press release
Erste Bank Open hours last day
10.31.2020
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