ATP Roundup: Danish teen Rune reaches Munich final, Tiafoe's epic win in Estoril semis

While Holger Rune beat home favourite Oscar Rune in straight sets in Munich, Francis Tiafoe had to dig deep to win against fellow American Sebastian Korda in three sets in Estoril.

Published : May 01, 2022 09:45 IST

Denmark's Holger Rune celebrates after winning a point against Germany's Oscar Otte in the semifinal of the Munich Open on Saturday.
Denmark's Holger Rune celebrates after winning a point against Germany's Oscar Otte in the semifinal of the Munich Open on Saturday.
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Denmark's Holger Rune celebrates after winning a point against Germany's Oscar Otte in the semifinal of the Munich Open on Saturday.

Danish teenager Holger Rune will play Botic van de Zandschulp in the final of the Munich Open after they came through the semifinals on Saturday.

Rune defeated home favorite Oscar Otte 6-4, 6-4 in both players’ first ATP Tour semifinal, and Van de Zandschulp rallied to defeat Miomir Kecmanovic 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4.

Rune, who celebrated his 19th birthday on Friday, two days after he stunned the top-seeded Alexander Zverev in the second round, also ousted Jiri Lehecka and Emil Ruusuvuori at the clay-court tournament.

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Van de Zandschulp had a much tougher match, taking nearly three hours to get past Kecmanovic in damp conditions.

The 70th-ranked Rune is the third youngest finalist and bidding to become the third youngest champion in Munich after Guillermo Perez-Roldan won it at age 17 in 1987 and successfully defended his title a year later.

Tiafoe comes from behind to beat Korda in Estoril semifinal

Francis Tiafoe came back from being a set and 2-5 down to beat Sebastian Korda an all-American semifinal at the Estoril Open.

Tiafoe saved three match points in the second set and eventually won the tie 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4 to set up the summit clash with Argentine Sebastian Baez who had earlier beaten Spain's Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-3, 6-7 (7), 6-0 in the first semifinal.

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