Stefanos Tsitsipas to face teenager Holger Rune in Stockholm Open final

Stefanos Tsitsipas will face teenager Holger Rune for the Stockholm Open title on Sunday.

Tsitsipas, who won the tournament in his only appearance in the Swedish capital four years ago, cruised to a 6-2, 6-2 win over Finland’s Emil Ruusuvuori in the semi-finals on Saturday.

There will be Scandinavian representation in the final, however, with 19-year-old Dane Rune continuing his excellent season with a 4-6 7-6(1) 7-5 victory over Australia’s Alex De Minaur.

Rune will be looking to claim his second ATP Tour title of the season, having lifted his first trophy in Munich.

Tsitsipas has already secured his place in the ATP Finals in Turin next month, and Felix Auger-Aliassime and Matteo Berrettini boosted their chances by reaching the finals in Antwerp and Naples respectively.

Auger-Aliassime is in the top eight and fighting for back-to-back titles after lifting the trophy in Florence last week.

The Canadian beat Richard Gasquet 7-6(2) 7-6(3) and will face American Sebastian Korda, who ended Dominic Thiem’s ​​best week since his long absence with a wrist injury.

Thiem beat Hubert Hurkacz in the quarter-finals and won the first set on Saturday, but Korda struggled to pull off a 6-7(4) 6-3 7-6(4) win and continue his fine form.

There will be an all-Italian final in Naples, where Berrettini will face 20-year-old Lorenzo Musetti.

Musetti pulled off a 6-3, 6-4 win over Miomir Kecmanovic, while Berrettini suffered a foot problem in a 3-6, 7-6(2) 6-3 win over American Mackenzie McDonald.

Berrettini, who will play the first hard-court final after 11 on clay or grass, told aptour.com: “I don’t even know how I did it. I didn’t feel very well. I asked for physical therapy because my foot hurt. I didn’t want to retire. My team told me: ‘I think you should stop’. But I tried and found a way.

Meanwhile, 20-year-old British player Jack Draper will face world number one Carlos Alcaraz in the first round of the Swiss Indoors in Basel next week.

Julia Fleming

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