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Nakashima, ranked 134th in the world, beat second-seeded John
Isner of the United States 7-5, 6-4, while Norrie defeated No. 3
seed Taylor Fritz of the U.S. 6-3, 6-1.
"Hopefully I can bring my level for one more tomorrow and let's
see how it goes, but looking forward to it," said Norrie, who
will try for his first ATP Tour title.
Swiss Open
Norway's Casper Ruud defeated No. 6 seed Benoit Paire of France
6-2, 5-7, 6-3 to advance to the semifinals in Gstaad.
The No. 3 seed will play qualifier Vit Kopriva of the Czech
Republic, who breezed past Sweden's Mikael Ymer 6-1, 6-0 in the
quarterfinals. Kopriva has already defeated top seed Denis
Shapovalov.
France's Hugo Gaston scored an upset of No. 4 Cristian Garin of
Chile 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (11). Garin is ranked No. 19 in the world;
Gaston is 155th. Gaston will play seventh-seeded Laslo Djere of
Serbia, who defeated Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech 6-4, 6-7 (5),
6-4.
Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag
Top-seeded Albert Ramos-Vinolas cruised past Italy's Stefano
Travaglia 6-2, 6-1 in the quarterfinals in Umag, Croatia.
However, the second and third seeds both lost. Serbian No. 2
seed Dusan Lajovic fell to German qualifier Daniel Altmaier 6-2,
6-4, and fellow Serb Filip Krajinovic lost to No. 7 Carlos
Alcaraz of Spain 7-6 (3), 2-6, 6-1.
Fourth-seeded Richard Gasquet of France defeated Damir Dzumhur
of Bosnia and Herzegovina 6-3, 7-6 (7) and will play Altmaier in
the semifinals.
--Field Level Media
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