American Frances Tiafoe, seeded n ° 5, reached the semifinals of the Washington tournament, eliminating the Russian Andrey Rublev, seeded n ° 1 (6-4, 7-6 [3]), Saturday night session, at the William HG FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington.
Tiafoe, 29th in the ATP world, will face American Sebastian Korda, seeded No. 4 in the semi-finals of the Washington Open.
The Americans had the Colombian Daniel Elahi Galan (6-7 [8]6-3, 6-3), and Aleksandar Kovacevic (7-6 [3]4-6, 6-3), before this Saturday’s duel against Rublev, ranked 8th in the ATP.
The Russian tennis player needed three sets to defeat the French Luca Van Assche (4-6, 6-3, 6-4), and won against the French Arthur Rinderknech, seed n ° 16 (7-6). [4]6-4).
The other posters for the semifinals in Washington (ATP 500, William HG FitzGerald Tennis Centre, hard, USD 2,100,230, results displayed from newest to oldest):
- Sebastian Korda – Jordan Thompson (N.7): 6-4, 6-2
- Ben Shelton (N.2) – Denis Shapovalov (WC): qualified Shelton (7-6 [5]6-6 [3] ab.)
- Flavio Cobolli (N.10) – Alex Michelsen (N.15): 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 [2]
2024-08-03 16:21:35
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