VIENNA — No. 3-ranked Alexander Zverev paid for not closing out Lorenzo Musetti and misplaced their Erste Financial institution Open quarterfinal on Friday.
Zverev received the primary set and had momentum within the second, the place he led 3-0 in a tiebreaker. However the prime seed misplaced it from there, 2-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 after 2 1/2 hours.
Zverev, the 2021 Vienna champion, additionally misplaced to Musetti within the Paris Olympics quarterfinals.
Musetti was rapt to tug off the comeback.
“It is positively a match meaning loads to me,” the Italian mentioned. “It is a fairly large win (in my profession), as a result of Sascha actually likes to play right here, on this court docket, in these circumstances.”
Sixth-seeded Musetti will face seventh-seeded Jack Draper, the Briton who discovered one other gear to tip out Tomas Machac of the Czech Republic 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 in two hours.
Additionally, Karen Khachanov beat Matteo Berrettini of Italy 6-1, 6-4 for the primary time in 5 conferences. Khachanov is on a seven-match successful run after taking the Almaty title final weekend.
Khachanov will face second-seeded Alex de Minaur after the Australian let Czech qualifier Jakub Mensik spray 66 unforced errors. De Minaur, by no means damaged, received 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-4.
