Matteo Arnaldi enjoys his first semifinal in a Masters 1000

Masters 1000 Montreal: Matteo Arnaldi flies to semifinals

A banner day for Matteo Arnaldi at the Montreal Masters 1000. The Ligurian tennis player, in fact, after his comeback victory in the round of 16 over Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, world number 42, repeated himself a few hours later, defeating in the quarters in two sets (6-4 7-5) Japan’s Kei Nishikori, currently number 576 in the ATP rankings.

“I am quite tired between rain delays and everything else, but I am very happy – said the Italian at the end of the match, in statements reported by SuperTennis-. I played good tennis today: I had two difficult matches, so I am very satisfied with how I managed to play and manage the important moments. I am really happy about that and I am looking forward to playing again".

The Ligurian thus reaches his first semifinal in a Masters 1000, where he will face Andrey Rublev, who defeated in the quarterfinals Jannik Sinner, who appeared not at his best: "L’'I saw him play very well today. So it will be a completely different match from Paris, where I really think I played my best tennis".

"He will try to 'take revenge' but now I will try to recover and recover. I played a lot today: then I will think about Andrey, but it will surely be a very good match"” Arnaldi, who will challenge the Russian tonight not before 11 p.m. Italian time on the center court, concluded.