Musetti rides hot form into Umag final vs. Cerundolo

pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/lorenzo-musetti/m0ej/overview'Lorenzo Musetti/a has successfully adapted his all-court game from the grass of a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a to the clay of Umag, charging into the final of the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/umag/439/overview'Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag/a with a dominant win over Czech teen a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jakub-mensik/m0ni/overview'Jakub Mensik/a Friday night./p

pIn his first appearance since reaching the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a semi-finals earlier this month, the 22-year-old Italian led from start to finish against the #NextGenATP star, converting all five break point chances that came his way, according to Infosys Stats./p

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pIn Saturday's final the World No. 16 in the PIF ATP Live Rankings will face Argentine a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/francisco-cerundolo/c0au/overview'Francisco Cerundolo/a, who upset top seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andrey-rublev/re44/overview'Andrey Rublev/a 7-6(6), 6-4./p

pldquo;Jakub is a really great player, I saw a lot of myself when I was in his position, making the first results in the ATP Tour,rdquo; said Musetti, who has won 15 of his past 18 matches. ldquo;He was playing really great tennis but I think tonight I played at my best level and it was a convincing game from my side./p

pldquo;Of course it is a positive period for me, but I try not to forget what there is behind it. There have been so many up and downs in my career; in the last three years a lot of things changed in my life. Whenever you donrsquo;t expect something, it happens, so you have to be ready to take the chances and I think Irsquo;m taking all the chances that life and tennis is giving me.rdquo;/p

pMusetti has dropped just three matches dating back to the start of the grass season. He is chasing his third title and first since defeating a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/carlos-alcaraz/a0e2/overview'Carlos Alcaraz/a in the Hamburg final in 2022./p

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pCerundolo saved five of six break points faced against Rublev to advance to his fifth tour-level final. He seeks his first title since winning Eastbourne more than a year ago. He improved to 9-11 against Top 10 players.spannbsp; /span/p

pldquo;Irsquo;m super happy of course, Andreyrsquo;s an incredible player, Top 10,rdquo; Cerundolo said. /p

pldquo;Irsquo;ve been loving this country so far, Irsquo;ve played nine matches [including matches on the Challenger Tour] and won them all, so hopefully I can end my week tomorrow with another win and another title in Croatia ndash; a second of two [Challenger Tour title in Split, 2020], so hopefully I can get it.rdquo;/p

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Fourth seeds a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/guido-andreozzi/a887/overview'Guido Andreozzi/a of Argentina and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/miguel-reyes-varela/r736/overview'Miguel Reyes-Varela/a from Mexico claimed their first team title when they defeated Frenchmen a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/manuel-guinard/gh33/overview'Manuel Guinard/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/gregoire-jacq/j557/overview'Gregoire Jacq/a 6-4, 6-2 in the final of the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/umag/439/overview'Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag/a Friday night./p

pAppearing in their first tour-level final as a team, Andreozzi and Reyes-Varela topped their previous best result of a semi-final showing in Marrakech earlier this year. /p

pWinner of ATP Challenger Tour titles in Naples and Perugia this season, the duo last week fell in the first round of Bastad to a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rafael-nadal/n409/overview'Rafael Nadal/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/casper-ruud/rh16/overview'Casper Ruud/a. /p

pAndreozzi, 32, was playing in his first ATP Tour final, after saving two match points to defeat Eysseric/Luz in the quarter-finals. He owns 36 Challenger doubles titles, including three this season. /p

pReyes-Varela, 37, improved to 2-3 in ATP Tour doubles finals, capturing his first title at 2018 Los Cabos (w/Arevalo) and reaching finals of 2018-19 Newport (w/Arevalo) and 2022 Seoul (w/Barrientos). /p

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