Cobolli outlasts Kecmanovic to book Tiafoe meeting in Acapulco showpiece

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cobolli-flavio/zDtaCcPe/"]Cobolli[/a] trailed 1-3 in the final set but [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/cobolli-f-zDtaCcPe/kecmanovic-m-MTQ5CPOR/?mid=fuhAA6AC"]won five of the next six games to stay on course for a third ATP title[/a] to go with clay-court victories in Bucharest and Hamburg last year.[/p][p]The 23-year-old from Florence fended off two break points at 3-3 in the third, saving both with forehand winners.[/p][p]Unable to serve out the match at 5-3, he broke [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kecmanovic-miomir/MTQ5CPOR/"]Kecmanovic[/a] in the next game to secure the victory over the Serbian, who had beaten world number four [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/zverev-alexander/dGbUhw9m/"]Alexander Zverev[/a] in the second round.[/p][embed guid="38940177-e578-4d56-a8fe-b7020f739ee4" url="https://x.com/i/status/2027200436285886480" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]"I think we both played an amazing match," [/b]Cobolli said.[b] [/b][/p][p][b]"I was a little bit lucky at the end, because at the crucial points sometimes you need luck. I'm really proud of myself because it wasn't easy to come back."[/b][/p][p]Eighth-seeded [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tiafoe-frances/AHDLJaph/"]Tiafoe[/a] rallied from a set and a break down to beat fellow American [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/nakashima-brandon/ETGnbrpH/"]Brandon Nakashima[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/nakashima-b-ETGnbrpH/tiafoe-f-AHDLJaph/?mid=vq4psa2l"]3-6, 7-6(6), 6-4[/a].[/p]