Tennis-Paul ousts Korda to face Musetti in Queen's final
22/06/2024 17:41
June 22 (Reuters) - American fifth seed Tommy Paul beat
compatriot Sebastian Korda 6-4 7-6(2) in the semi-finals at the
Queen's Club Championships on Saturday and will face Italian
Lorenzo Musetti for the title on Sunday.
Paul becomes the first American finalist at Queen's since an
all-American final in 2010, when Sam Querrey beat Mardy Fish to
lift the trophy.
The 27-year-old, who was the only seeded player in the
semi-final lineup, has reached the second ATP 500 final of his
career.
He will face Musetti in the final after the Italian moved
past Australia's Jordan Thompson 6-3 3-6 6-3 earlier on
Saturday.
"It was one of the toughest matches of the week," Musetti
said. "Jordan was playing amazing, especially in the second and
third sets. It was a really tough match. I am really proud of my
achievement. I love this sport."
Musetti has reached his first ATP Tour final on grass to
complete the set of finals on all three surfaces.
He joins Matteo Berrettini, Andreas Seppi and Lorenzo Sonego
as the only Italians to reach ATP Tour finals on clay, grass and
hard courts.
Jannik Sinner has also reached that feat in Halle earlier on
Saturday by beating China's Zhang Zhizhen to advance into the
first grasscourt final of his career.
(Reporting by Anita Kobylinska in Gdansk; Editing by Toby
Chopra)
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