Italian world number 7 Lorenzo Musetti defeated Hong Kong's Coleman Wong 6-4 and 6-4 to advance to the semi-finals of the ATP 250 in Hong Kong, where he will face Russian Andrei Rublev, who beat Portuguese Nuno Borges. As reported by the Argentine News Agency, the final of the tournament, which is part of the traditional tour preceding the Australian Open, will be next Sunday. The tournament shares the week with the United Cup and the ATP in Brisbane. Two top 20 players will fight for a coveted spot in the final this Saturday when, from 4:30 p.m., Musetti will face the Russian number 16, Rublev, on the center court of the Victoria Park Tennis stadium. Both players reached this semi-final in the early hours of Friday with convincing wins. The Italian from Carrara needed just one hour and 15 minutes to defeat the world number 150 host, Coleman Wong, with a final score of 6-4 and 6-4. Thus, Musetti defeated Wong in the only two matches they have played against each other, as in 2024, the 23-year-old European beat him in the first round of this same event with a score of 6-4 and 7-5. In parallel, the Moscow-born player defeated Portuguese Nuno Borges 6-3 and 6-4 in one hour and 13 minutes. The 28-year-old Russian will be looking to win this tournament for the second time and his tenth ATP 250. In a history spanning three encounters, Rublev had defeated Borges in all their matches before this early morning. The Russian had beaten him in the first round of the ATP 500 in Basel and in the second round of the ATP 500 in Doha. In the other semi-final, the opponent waiting will be Kazakh Alexander Búblik who defeated Chinese Shang Juncheng in one hour and 25 minutes, with a result of 6-1 and 7(7)-6(2). Búblik, world number 11, will face the winner of the match between Americans Marcos Girón and Michael Mmoh.
