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The former World No. 3 and 2020 U.S. Open champ missed the
second half of 2021 and the first half of this season with a
wrist injury. Thiem next faces No. 2 seed Matteo Berrettini of
Italy, who rallied for a 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-1 in his quarterfinal
clash with No. 5 Pedro Martinez of Spain.
The other semifinal pits top-seeded Casper Ruud of Norway
against No. 4 Albert Ramos-Vinolas of Spain. Ruud survived a
tight 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4) challenge from Spain's Jaume Munar, while
Ramos-Vinolas outlasted Chile's Nicolas Jarry 7-6 (4), 4-6, 7-6
(8).
Hamburg European Open
No. 1 seed Carlos Alcaraz of Spain cruised into the semifinals
in Hamburg, Germany, with a nearly flawless 6-0, 6-2 win against
No. 7 Karen Khachanov of Russia.
The 19-year-old Alcaraz fired 21 winners against just seven
errors and saved the only break point he faced during the
69-minute quarterfinal match. Up next is unseeded Slovakian Alex
Molcan, who was leading 7-6 (7), 2-0 when Croatia's Borna Coric
was forced to retire.
Argentina's Francisco Cerundulo reached the final four with a
6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (4) win against Russia's Aslan Karatsev. He will
meet Italy's Lorenzo Musetti, a 6-4, 6-3 winner against Spain's
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.
--Field Level Media
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