ROTTERDAM (HOLLAND) (ITALPRESS) – Mattia Bellucci’s run continues in the “Abn Amro Open,” an Atp 500 tournament with 2,563,150 euros in prize money staged on the fast indoor “Rotterdam Ahoy.” The 23-year-old from Busto Arsizio, world number 92, who came from the qualifiers and was able to beat Russian Daniil Medvedev in the round of 16, defeated another big name of international tennis, namely Stefanos Tsitsipas, in the quarters, gaining a pass to the semifinals of the ongoing competition in the Netherlands. Bellucci defeated his Greek opponent, number 12 in the international rankings and the sixth force on the scoreboard, with a score of 6-4 6-2. In the semifinals, the Italian will face Australian Alex De Minaur, world No. 8 and third seed in the seedings, who in the quarters overcame German Daniel Altmaier with a score of 6-1 6-4. For Bellucci tomorrow’s will be the first semifinal of his career on the Atp circuit. At the moment, in the live ranking, the Lombard tennis player makes a leap forward of 24 positions, standing at the number 68 rank (his best ranking). Beaming Bellucci at the end of the match, “After a few games, I had to do a few things to change my attitude, which I didn’t like at the beginning. I think I played great tennis. I enjoyed every moment of the match.” “Great week? I worked a lot with my coach. Sometimes I was thinking too much on the court: now I decided to be more free and it’s going well. I am very happy with my progress; however, the most important thing is to keep playing at certain levels day after day,” added the Lombard tennis player.
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Bellucci beats Tsitsipas and flies to semifinals in Rotterdam
