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Federer is a seven-time champion at the Western and Southern Open and beat Djokovic all three previous times they played there. Djokovic is now 7-2 in his last nine matches against Federer after dropping seven of their first nine.Įven with recent success, he had to overcome Federer's historical precedent of achievement in Cincinnati. That, along with the six break points he created to Federer's mere one, proved to be a critical difference in the match.ĭjokovic held a 23-22 lead in head-to-head matches with the Swiss legend before Sunday, although they last played in the 2016 Australian Open. Djokovic, who is a 13-time Grand Slam winner himself, broke in the first set to go up 4-3 and remained on serve to seize early momentum.Įven though Federer then broke Djokovic's first service game in the second set, the Serbian star broke right back and again broke to go up 4-3 before finishing the match on serve.įederer finished with 11 aces to Djokovic's four, but the latter won 78 percent of his second-serve points compared to just 47 percent from the former, per the ATP World Tour's official website.

It will be great to play in the final against Jannik (Sinner).Showdowns between two legends often come down to a few moments, and Djokovic was able to take advantage of those moments against the 20-time Grand Slam champion.

Musetti, world number 30, who lifted his maiden tour-level trophy in Hamburg in July, will face the new Switzerland’s first racket Marc-Andrea Hüssler in the semi-finals.Īsked if he could go all the way in Sofia, Musetti expressed optimism: “Tomorrow will be difficult, I hope to win. The 20-year-old showcased a combination of quality and grit, rallying from a break down in the first set before firing an array of winners in the second set to seal his victory after 77 minutes. I played one of my best indoor hard court matches ever,” Musetti said in the on-court interview. I had to change something to be successful, and that’s exactly what I did. He was very aggressive and steady from the baseline. “Tough match, Struff served very well, especially in the first set. Next the 20-year-old Musetti dominated on the court and reached the semis. Musetti gradually raised his game and managed to rebreak soon. The 32-year-old Struff started the match strongly and after an early break took a 3-0 game lead. Thus the Italian #NextGenATP star ended the German’s streak of four straight victories in the tournament. 4 seed Lorenzo Musetti reached the semi-finals too after winning in straight set to Jan-Lennard Struff (Germany) – 7:6 (3), 6:1 after 75 minutes. In 2019 Huesler was stopped in the second round after three wins in a row by the future champion Jannik Sinner. The 26-year-old won against French qualifier Geoffrey Blancaneaux (6:4, 6:4) and Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta, the second seed (6:3, 3:6, 6:2) earlier in the tournament. Huesler, ranked No 95, will face the winner of the match between German qualifier Jan-Lennard Struff and Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 4 seed, next. Starting from the qualifiers, he had a great run in the USA but was stopped by Laslo Djere on his way to the final, Huesler advanced to the semi-finals of an ATP Tour event for the third time in his career and second time this year after playing in Top 4 at Winston-Salem Open in August. In the second set Majchrzak missed two consecutive match balls and gave chance to his Swiss opponent to make a great come-back and to win. The Swiss reached the last 4 of the Sofia Open by beating Pole Kamil Majchrzak 6:7 (4), 7:6 (6), 6:3 at the Arena Armeec Sofia on Friday. Marc-Andrea Huesler will play in his second ATP Tour semi-final for the year after reaching the Top Four at Sofia Open 2022.