Flavio Cobolli got here from a set down Friday to defeat Tomas Martin Etcheverry 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 and attain the Hamburg Open closing, the place he’ll face Andrey Rublev.
Cobolli discovered himself trailing 3-1 within the second set however battled again to succeed in his second closing of the season.
Rublev, a winner in Hamburg in 2020 and finalist in 2019, eased previous Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-1, 6-4 and can now bid for his second title this yr after profitable the Qatar Open.
Etcheverry, a clay-court specialist, earned his first break factors within the sixth recreation and transformed the third alternative to go up 4-2.
He then broke Cobolli, ranked thirty fifth on the planet, when the Italian — who had 18 unforced errors at that stage, 3 times as many as his opponent — double-faulted on Etcheverry’s third set level.
Etcheverry initially saved up the strain, hitting the ball deep, with one shot touchdown flat on the baseline to interrupt his opponent once more and take a 3-1 lead early within the second set.
Cobolli, nonetheless, was not finished, reducing down his error depend and pinning Etcheverry to the baseline with longer rallies.
He twice broke the world No. 55 to go up 6-5 and held serve to seize the second set.
Each gamers held serve within the deciding set till Cobolli broke for 5-4 after which transformed his first match level.
The primary draw of the French Open will get underway Sunday at Roland-Garros, the place Rublev is seeded seventeenth.
Reuters contributed to this report.