ATP Finals: Following Lorenzo Musetti’s comfortable victory in the Next Gen ATP Finals in Milan, Jack Draper has advanced to the semifinals.
The top two competitors in the competition for the season’s top eight males who are under the age of 21 were Musetti and Draper.
Both athletes had already fallen to a hot Swiss player named Dominic Stricker and defeated Tseng Chun-hsin to force a final match. Stricker already had a spot in the semifinals locked up.
Musetti, an Italian who is rated 23 in the world, had the support of the home fans, but Draper, who is ranked 41, prevailed throughout.
The British won easily in the first to four games format, 4-1, 4-0, 4-3 (0-0).
In the second set, the Italian needed medical attention for his right hand. But he bounced back and fought back in the last set, forcing a tie-break.
But Draper resisted, winning the tie-break to seal the victory.
The American Brandon Nakashima, who defeated Franceso Passaro 4-3 (4) 4-2 4-1 to finish first in the Green Group with a 3-0 record, will oppose the British player in the semi-final.
After Holger Rune, the winner of the Paris Masters withdrew to serve as an alternate for the ATP Finals, Musetti was the player with the highest seeding.
Musetti was the only member of the eight-man field who was ranked in the top 40 at No. 23, as well.
The other semifinal will feature Stricker versus Jiri Lehecka, who defeated Matteo Arnaldi 4-3 (5) 4-1 4-3. (4).
Stricker eliminated Tseng Chun-hsin, who had already been eliminated, by scores of 4-2, 4-1, and 4-2.
The fifth iteration of the competition includes shorter first-to-four game sets and other experimental format modifications.
The new rules for this edition include coaching during an opponent’s bathroom or medical break, no changeovers after the first game of each set, only one sit-down after three games, a 15-second serve clock after aces, double-faults, and unreturned serves, and no changeovers after the first game of each set.
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