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Fritz was one point from winning while serving at 5-4 in the
third set before Giron rallied. Giron then had an opportunity to
close out the match on his own serve at 6-6, but he needed the
tiebreaker to eventually prevail. Giron, ranked 70th in the
world, saved 11 of the 14 break points he faced.
Opposing Giron in the semifinals will be fourth-seeded American
Jenson Brooksby, who routed Australia's Jordan Thompson 6-3,
6-0.
Third-seeded John Isner also advanced to the semifinals with a
6-4, 6-4 win over Canada's Vasek Pospisil. Isner next will meet
second-seeded Reilly Opelka, who slammed 17 aces in a 6-3, 6-4
victory against fifth-seeded Adrian Mannarino of France.
ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
The top three seeds eased into the semifinals in Rotterdam,
Netherlands, with straight-set victories.
No. 1 Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece won 82 percent of his
first-serve points en route to a 6-4, 6-4 victory over
Australia's Alex de Minaur. His semifinal foe will be the Czech
Republic's Jiri Lehecka, who edged Italy's Lorenzo Musetti 6-3,
1-6, 7-5.
The other semifinal will feature second-seeded Andrey Rublev of
Russia, a 6-4, 6-3 winner over Hungary's Marton Fucsovics, and
third-seeded Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada, who downed
sixth-seeded Cameron Norrie of Great Britain 7-5, 7-6 (4).
Argentina Open
Top-seeded Casper Ruud of Norway staved off all five break
points on his serve while beating Federico Coria 6-3, 6-4 in the
quarterfinals at Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Ruud will face an Argentinian opponent for the second day in a
row when he opposes sixth-seeded Federico Delbonis in the
semifinals. Delbonis moved on with a 6-4, 6-4 decision against
fourth-seeded Fabio Fognini of Italy.
Another Italian, third-seeded Lorenzo Sonego, won his
quarterfinal match 6-4, 7-6 (4) over Spain's Fernando Verdasco.
Next up for Sonego is the winner of a quarterfinal involving two
Argentinians, second-seeded Diego Schwartzman and Francisco
Cerundolo. Schwartzman, who lost the first set, was serving at
3-6, 6-2, 1-1 when play was halted for the evening due to rain.
The match will conclude Saturday before the semifinals.
--Field Level Media
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