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The No. 7 seed Lukas Klein of Slovakia and Borna Gojo of Croatia will play the final at the Sparkasse Challenger Val Gardena Südtirol scheduled for Sunday at 11 am. Klein won his semi-final against Andrea Vavassori 7-6 (5), 6-4, then Gojo defeated Flavio Cobolli 6-1, 6-1 in a one-sided match in just 45 minutes.

On Friday evening, Andreas Seppi bid farewell to tennis at his home tournament in Val Gardena. His family came to celebrate him, including his daughter Liv, many teammates and friends, and of course his coach, who has coached him for 27 years: Massimo Sartori.

Two out of four Italians reached the semifinals at the Sparkasse Challenger Val Gardena Südtirol. Andrea Vavassori and Flavio Cobolli can still win the most important tennis tournament in South Tyrol, while Luca Nardi and Giulio Zeppieri went out in the quarters. 

Tomorrow from 12 noon the singles quarter-finals and the doubles semi-finals are scheduled. Big evening event. A farewell party dedicated to Andreas Seppi starts at 8.30 pm.

At the Sparkasse Challenger Val Gardena Südtirol four Italian players reached the quarter-finals. After Luca Nardi and Giulio Zeppieri on Wednesday, Andrea Vavassori and Flavio Cobolli also won their second match in the main draw at the Gardena tournament today. Vavassori eliminated qualifier Sandro Kopp (Austria) with 6:3, 6:4 and emphasised that he is not only a good doubles player. In the evening Cobolli's great comeback against the Swiss Alexander Ritschard. Down 1:5 at the start, the tournament's sixth seed ended up winning 7:5, 6:1.