Slovakia’s Lukas Lacko advanced to his first ATP World Tour final for close to six-and-a-half years on Friday with victory at the Nature Valley International. Lacko, who has grown in confidence since he recorded the biggest win of his career over World No. 11 Diego Schwartzman in the second round, came through 6-3, 6-4 against fourth-seeded Italian Marco Cecchinato.
The 30-year-old Lacko lost just seven of his service points and struck nine aces for victory in 59 minutes at Devonshire Park in Eastbourne. Now 7-7 in tour-level matches this season, he has also captured his 12th ATP Challenger Tour crown in Glasgow (d. Vanni). Cecchinato, the Gazprom Hungarian Open titlist (d. Millman) and the Roland Garros semi-finalist, is 15-11 in 2018.
Lacko, who lost to Mikhail Youzhny in the Zagreb final of 2012, will next challenge Germany’s Mischa Zverev or Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan. Lacko has a 1-0 lead in his FedEx ATP Head2Head series against Zverev (Halle in 2017) and has yet to met Kukushkin.
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