Cecchinato Reaches First Semi-Final In Budapest

Marco Cecchinato pumped his right fist in celebration after hitting a smash winner to wrap up a 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 victory over seventh-seeded German Jan-Lennard Struff on Friday at the Gazprom Hungarian Open. The Italian lucky loser is through to his first ATP World Tour semi-final, where he’ll face eighth seed Andreas Seppi of Italy or Georgia’s Nikoloz Basilashvili.