Baez vs. Fucsovics, Cobolli vs. Dzumhur

Solely two seeds stay in Bucharest, the place No. 1 Sebastian Baez and No. 3 Flavio Cobolli are on a collision course for the ultimate. Standing of their method on Saturday are Marton Fucsovics and Damir Dzumhur, respectively.

(1) Sebastian Baez vs. Marton Fucsovics

Baez can most likely be outlined as the perfect ATP 250 clay-courter on the planet. Not together with guys who typically don’t play 250s (the top-ranked gamers plus completed clay-courters like Casper Ruud and Stefanos Tsitsipas), Baez is the cream of the crop. The Thirty sixth-ranked Argentine efficiently defended his Rio de Janeiro title in February and he completed runner-up in Santiago. Baez now finds himself in one other semifinal on the Tiriac Open, having defeated Gabriel Diallo and Francisco Comesana earlier within the week.

Up subsequent for the highest seed on Saturday is a second assembly with Fucsovics, who misplaced their solely earlier encounter 6-4, 7-6(5) on the pink clay of Lyon in 2023. Fucsovics is the defending champion in Bucharest and that is his first ATP semifinal appearances since that triumph 12 months in the past. The truth is, he had not even reached quarterfinal earlier than beating Luca Nardi, Mariano Navone, and Christopher O’Connell earlier this week. The Ninetieth-ranked Hungarian has all of the sudden regained some type, however Baez is just at a special stage on clay.

Decide: Baez in 2

(3) Flavio Cobolli vs. Damir Dzumhur

Cobolli and Dzumhur might be squaring off for the fourth time of their careers and for the primary time on the ATP stage on Saturday. They’ve confronted one another thrice on the Challenger circuit, with Dzumhur having gained two of three earlier contests. It’s 1-1 on clay after Cobolli prevailed 3-6, 6-2, 7-5 on the 2023 Zadar Challenger and Dzumhur bought the job executed 7-5, 6-4 within the 2024 Sibiu Challenger semifinals.

It has been a story of two totally different seasons for these two gamers. Dzumhur has quietly labored his method again as much as sixty fifth within the rankings because of a complete host of success on the Challenger circuit. Now he’s into an ATP semifinal following victories over Valentin Vacherot, Filip Cristian Jianu, and Pedro Martinez. Cobolli was a horrendous 2-8 on the primary tour for his 2025 marketing campaign previous to beating Richard Gasquet and Filip Misolic. The Forty fifth-ranked Italian has to do much more than beat Gasquet and Misolic to show that he’s again on monitor, plus he has to face an especially assured opponent who has at all times been nice on clay.

Decide: Dzumhur in 3