Francisco Cerundolo Reaches First Grass SF In Eastbourne | ATP Tour | Tennis

Fourth seed Francisco Cerundolo superior to his first tour-level semi-final on grass Thursday with a 6-2, 6-3 win towards Zhang Zhizhen on the Rothesay International in Eastbourne.

“Tremendous completely satisfied. I believe I performed fairly [well] on this match on grass, so I’m actually excited to be within the semi-finals, to play right here on centre court docket,” Cerundolo stated in his on-court interview. “It was wonderful, lots of people. Tremendous completely satisfied to be in my first semi-final in a grass event, so actually excited for tomorrow.”

Cerundolo is pursuing his first ATP Tour title of the season and second total. All three of his earlier tour-level finals, together with one earlier this 12 months in Lyon, have come on clay.

However the Argentine is beginning to look extra snug on the grass. Coming into the week, he owned a 2-4 tour-level file on the floor. That has not proven in his two matches on the ATP 250, the place he has made the final 4 with out dropping a set.

Cerundolo was opportunistic towards Zhang, who was attempting to safe his first ATP Tour crown this week. The Argentine transformed all 4 of the break factors he earned to advance after 69 minutes.