Fourth seed Francisco Cerundolo superior to his first tour-level semi-final on grass Thursday with a 6-2, 6-3 win in opposition to Zhang Zhizhen on the Rothesay Worldwide in Eastbourne.

“Tremendous blissful. I feel I performed fairly [well] on this match on grass, so I’m actually excited to be within the semi-finals, to play right here on centre court docket,” Cerundolo mentioned in his on-court interview. “It was wonderful, lots of people. Tremendous blissful to be in my first semi-final in a grass match, so actually excited for tomorrow.”

Cerundolo is pursuing his first ATP Tour title of the season and second total. All three of his earlier tour-level finals, together with one earlier this yr in Lyon, have come on clay.

However the Argentine is beginning to look extra comfy on the grass. Getting into the week, he owned a 2-4 tour-level file on the floor. That has not proven in his two matches on the ATP 250, the place he has made the final 4 with out dropping a set.

Cerundolo was opportunistic in opposition to Zhang, who was attempting to safe his first ATP Tour crown this week. The Argentine transformed all 4 of the break factors he earned to advance after 69 minutes.