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Bublik held a 12-2 edge in aces and won 80.5 percent of his
first-serve points while avenging a defeat to Murray in
Stuttgart last month. Murray, the three-time Grand Slam champion
from Great Britain, won 71.4 percent of his first-serve points.
Bublik will next face Jason Kubler, who advanced with a 7-5, 7-6
(3) win over fellow Australian James Duckworth, the No. 8 seed.
Kubler has seven aces to Duckworth's five.
Nordea Open
No. 8 seed Sebastian Baez of Argentina outlasted Austrian
Dominic Thiem 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-4 to reach the semifinals in
Bastad, Sweden.
Baez won 77.8 percent of his first-serve points while
dispatching Thiem, who is still rounding into shape after a long
absence due to a wrist injury. Baez will next face second-seeded
Russian Andrey Rublev, who posted a 7-5, 6-4 win over Laslo
Djere of Serbia.
Fifth-seeded Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain rolled to a 6-1, 6-0
victory over third-seeded Diego Schwartzman of Argentina.
Carreno Busta's semifinal opponent will be Argentina's Francisco
Cerundolo, who beat Russian Aslan Karatsev 7-5, 6-1.
--Field Level Media
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