Nordea Open: Bolelli/Fognini continue fine run in Bastad

Bastad (Sweden), July 14 : Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini of Italy continued their strong season as a team on Thursday at the Nordea Open, downing Pablo Carreno Busta and Joao Sousa 6-4, 6-1 to reach their fifth tour-level semifinal of the year.

In a dominant performance, the Italians broke their opponents serve five times and won 76 percent (25/33) of their first-serve points to advance after 65 minutes.

The second seeds, who enjoyed a run to the championship match together in Bastad in 2018, will next play Nikola Cacic and Aleksandr Nedovyesov.Bolelli and Fognini are aiming to capture their second tour-level crown of the season this week, having lifted the trophy in Rio de Janeiro in February, according to a report on the ATP website.

Rafael Matos and David Vega Hernandez showed their fighting qualities, edging Andres Molteni and Hugo Nys 7-5, 5-7, 10-8 in one hour and 59 minutes.The fourth seeds, who captured titles in Marrakech and Mallorca in 2022, will next meet Francisco Cerundolo and Tomas Martin Etcheverry at the ATP 250 clay-court event.

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