MADRID (AFP) – Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta swept into the final of the Barcelona Open yesterday with a straight sets win over Argentine Diego Schwartzman.
The eighth seed won through 6-3, 6-4 in one hour and 40 minutes in a semi-final match which had been pushed back from Saturday because of rain in the Catalan capital.
It was the second year in a row the pair had clashed on the Barcelona clay, with Carreno Busta winning in three sets at the quarter-final stage in 2021. Carreno Busta will next take on either fifth-seeded compatriot Carlos Alcaraz or Australian Alex de Minaur who are playing the second semi-final.
