Matteo Arnaldi doesn’t stop now, he’s in the semifinals

Arnaldi in semifinals

In Delray Beach ($766,290 prize money on cement) a very good Matteo Arnaldi (world number 39) è qualified for the semifinals by beating 7-6 6-4 the U.S. Brandon Nakashima (number 6 seed and number 42 Atp).

Now Arnaldi awaits Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (numbers 59 Atp and number 8 seed) in the semifinals, who instead duked it out with two tie-breaks (7-6 7-6) over number 1 seed Taylor Fritz.

The Italian commands a 2-0 lead in the previous events having beaten the Spaniard at the 2024 Canadian Open (46 76 30 and retirement) to this year in Dallas (61 63). For Arnaldi è also the third semifinal of his career after those lost in Umag in 2023 (beaten by Alexei Popyrin) and at the 2024 Canadian Open against Andrey Rublev.

The semifinal of the lower part of the scoreboard, on the other hand, will be between Alex Michelsen of the United States (No. 3 seed) and Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia (No. 7 seed). Michelsen beat Cameron Norrie 76 75 and Kecmanovic got the better of Marcos Giron 2-6 6-4 6-2.