Carreno Busta Beats Querrey In Stockholm

Pablo Carreno Busta continued his fine late-season run of form on Friday when he reached the Intrum Stockholm Open semi-finals.

The fifth-seeded Spaniard battled back to beat American Sam Querrey, who struck 16 aces, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 in one hour and 38 minutes. Three weeks ago, former World No. 10 Carreno Busta lifted his fourth ATP Tour title at the Chengdu Open (d. Bublik).

The 28-year-old will next play Serbia’s Filip Krajinovic for the first time at tour-level. The pair previously split two ATP Challenger Tour matches at 2013 Poznan and 2015 Braunschweig.

Krajinovic booked a place in the semi-finals by beating Yoshihito Nishioka of Japan 6-3, 6-4 in 70 minutes. Krajinovic has a career-high 26 match wins this year, highlighted by a run to the Hungarian Open final (l. to Berrettini).

Later today, fourth-seeded Canadian Denis Shapovalov, who has already qualified for next month’s Next Gen ATP Finals in Milan, takes on qualifier Cedrik-Marcel Stebe of Germany. Former World No. 8 Janko Tipsarevic, who is contesting his final ATP Tour event of his career, meets Japanese lucky loser Yuichi Sugita in the final match of the day.

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