Here are the latest updates from the ATP and WTA tour events.
Swiss Open
Matteo Berrettini put the brakes on Dominic Thiem's impressive return to the courts on Saturday crushing him 6-1, 6-4 to set up a clash with top seed Casper Ruud in the final of the Gstaad ATP tournament.
The Italian world number 15, playing his first event since having to withdraw from Wimbledon with Covid, made short work of the 2020 US Open champion, putting him away in just 77 minutes.
Defending champion Ruud also looked impressive as he swept past fourth-seeded Spaniard Albert Ramos 6-2, 6-0 in just over an hour to set up a clash of the top two seeds on Sunday.
"I'm really happy with my performance,” said Berrettini, the 2018 champion in Gstaad.
"I don't think I gave him the time to play his game and that was the key today.”
It has still been a good week for the Austrian who has slipped to 274 in the ATP rankings after a year of setbacks, including a wrist injury, depression and Covid. This was his first semi-final in 14 months.
Berrettini goes forward to his eleventh career final and is bidding for a third straight title after wins on grass at Queen's and in Stuttgart.
In a battle of the past two champions at the clay-court event in Switzerland, Ruud was dominant throughout as the French Open finalist reached his fifth final of the year.
The Norwegian broke Ramos' serve five times and did not face a single break point, as he also targets a second Gstaad title and third this year.
Both finalists are unbeaten in the Swiss mountains, with Berrettini winning of his debut in 2018 and Ruud lifting the trophy on his first appearance a year ago.
"It's going to be tough," said Berrettini.
"The four (semi-finalists) all won here, so we definitely like to play (in Gstaad). We like the altitude. I won 2018, Albert in 2019, and Casper in 2021, so I guess we like it here."
Berrettini and Ruud are tied 2-2 in their head-to-head record, with the Italian winning their most recent clash in the Madrid semi-finals last year.
Hamburg Open (WTA)
In-form American Bernarda Pera ousted world number two Anett Kontaveit in straight sets to win the WTA250 event in Hamburg.
Pera, ranked 81st, won 6-2, 6-4 in 1hr 14 min against the top seed from Estonia to seal the second title of her career after Budapest a week ago.
The 27-year-old has now won 12 straight matches at all levels, stretching back to Budapest qualifying, and 24 consecutive sets.
For Kontaveit, it was a second final lost this year after Doha, having won the Saint Petersburg title in February.
Hamburg Open (ATP)
Italian youngster Lorenzo Musetti reached his first ATP Tour final with a straight-sets victory over Francisco Cerundolo at the Hamburg clay-court event.
The 20-year-old won 6-3, 7-6 (3) to set up a final against world number six Carlos Alcaraz, who beat Slovakia's Alex Molcan 7-6 (2), 6-1 in the other semifinal.
"It means a lot for me," Musetti said.
"It's a surprise for me because I was not playing my best tennis last week (in Bastad), so I didn't expect to be in the final here."
The world number 62 dominated the majority of the match but missed a match point when leading 5-4 in the second set when an underarm serve backfired.
Musetti regrouped though to win in a tie-break, beating an in-form Cerundolo who won the Bastad title last week.
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