Pablo Carreno-Busta

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Earlier on Wednesday, Pablo Carreno Busta notched his 250th tour-level win with a hard-fought 4-6, 7-6(5), 7-5 victory against 2016 champion Albert Ramos-Vinolas.

Both players broke their opponent’s serve five times in a topsy-turvy second-round clash, but it was Carreno Busta who prevailed to move to 4-0 on clay against fellow Spaniard Ramos-Vinolas, with all four of those meetings having gone to a deciding set. The fifth seed is looking to advance to the semi-finals in Bastad for the first time on what is his fifth appearance at the ATP 250 event.

Carreno Busta will next face third seed Diego Schwartzman, who ended home interest in the draw with a 7-5, 6-3 second-round victory against Elias Ymer. Schwartzman, who has reached Tour finals on clay in Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro this year, is making his second appearance in Bastad after reaching the quarter-finals on debut in 2017.

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ATP Bastad: 250. wygrany mecz w ATP Tour.

[5] Pablo Carreno Busta d. Albert Ramos-Vinolas 46 76(5) 75

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Carreno Busta Sinks Schwartzman, Reaches Bastad SFs

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Spaniard next plays Cerundolo
Pablo Carreno Busta produced one of the best performances of his season Friday, dispatching third seed Diego Schwartzman 6-1, 6-0 to reach the semi-finals at the Nordea Open in Bastad.

The Spaniard, who is making his fourth appearance at the ATP 250 clay-court event, dominated from the baseline as he pulled the Argentine from corner to corner with his heavy hitting to ease through after 67 minutes.

“I played my match of the season,” Carreno Busta said in his on-court interview. “I was very focused all the time, every point. I tried to be aggressive and controlled the points. I didn’t make many mistakes and it was perfect. It is really good to play like this on court with the full crowd. I just need to continue like this.”

The fifth seed now leads Schwartzman 4-1 in their ATP Head2Head series after defeating the 29-year-old on clay in the semi-finals in Barcelona in April. Carreno Busta is aiming to capture his first tour-level title of the season this week, with his last triumph on Tour coming at an ATP 500 event in Hamburg last July.

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