Francisco Cerúndolo beat the Russian Aslan Karatsev and moved on to the semi-finals of the ATP 250 in Bastad

Francesco Cerundolo this Friday he completed another interesting win in Bastad ATP 250, the traditional tournament of the professional circuit played in Sweden. In just over an hour and a half, he defeated the Russian Aslan Karatsev 7-5, 6-1 to move on to the semifinals.

The porteño, which came from the elimination of the Norwegian Casper Ruudmaximum favorite and finalist of the last Roland Garrosis having a great week in Scandinavia and now awaits the winner of the duel between his compatriot Diego Schwartzman and Spaniard Pablo Carreño Busta, who play on the center court.

It will appear later Sebastian Baezwho will face a demanding test against the Austrian Domenico Thiem, which is gradually recovering its best shape after a long inactivity. Proof of this is that the number three in the world, currently 339th in the standings, derives from having obtained an interesting victory over the Spanish Roberto Bautista Agut, seeded four.

The San Martín player, who started with a win against Italian Fabio Fognini (64) for 6-3 and 6-4, had another good performance in the second round and eliminated the Spanish Davidovich Fokina (36) with a resounding 6 – 2 and 6-3 in an hour and 19 minutes of play.

The other duel of the quarter-finals sees the Serbian Laslo Djere and the Russian as protagonists Andrea Rublevsecond seed, who eliminated the Argentine Federico Coria in the round of 16.

Bastad, which takes place on clay and will distribute prizes totaling 597,900 euros, has had two Argentines who became champions: Mariano Zabaleta of Tandil won the 2003 and 2004 editions, while a native of Chascomús, Carlos Berlocq, celebrated in 2013.