Miomir Kecmanovic rallied back from the brink on Friday to reach the semi-finals at the EFG Swiss Open Gstaad, where he overcame Belgian qualifier Zizou Bergs 6-4, 3-6, 7-5.
The second-seeded Serbian trailed Bergs 1-4 and 3-5 in the third set, but showed his grit and quality during the latter stages of the third set to turn the match around and seal victory on his fourth match point after two hours and 16 minutes.
“It did not really looked good at 1-4 down and 3-5, but I kept believing and thought I would be able to turn it around and luckily I managed to do that today,” Kecmanovic said in his on-court interview.
Kecmanovic, who is the highest seed left in the draw after top seed Roberto Bautista Agut lost on Thursday, is into his fourth tour-level semi-final of the season. The 23-year-old is chasing his second tour-level title and first of the year and will next meet Albert Ramos-Vinolas.
The Spaniard Ramos-Vinolas defeated Peruvian qualifier Juan Pablo Varillas 6-7(2), 6-1, 6-4 to continue his impressive record in Gstaad.
The 35-year-old, who will compete in his 28th tour-level semi-final on Saturday, won the title in Switzerland in 2019, while he advanced to the last four in 2022. Ramos-Vinolas has won three three-set matches this week at the ATP 250, also defeating Italians Fabio Fognini and Lorenzo Sonego.
In other action, #NextGenATP Serbian Hamad Medjedovic continued his impressive run when he defeated fourth seed Yannick Hanfmann 6-3, 6-3 to reach his first tour-level semi-final.
The 20-year-old is up three spots to seventh in the Pepperstone ATP Live Next Gen Race as he aims to make his debut at the 21-and-under event at the end of the season.
He will next play Argentine Pedro Cachin, who reached his first tour-level semi-final. Cachin overcame Jaume Munar 6-3, 6-3.
Source Tennis – ATP World Tour
