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Thiem, who claimed the 2020 U.S. Open but hasn't won since then
due in part to a wrist injury, absorbed Hurkacz's 17 aces and
won 51 of his 63 first-service points (81 percent). He staved
off Hurkacz when the Pole held a 6-4 lead in the second-set
tiebreaker. Neither player broke serve in the third set before
Thiem cruised in the tiebreaker.
Thiem will face Sebastian Korda in the semifinals after the
22-year-old American walloped Japan's eighth-seeded Yoshihito
Nishioka 6-0, 6-2 in less than 53 minutes.
No. 2 seed Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada had to storm back to
defeat British fifth seed Daniel Evans 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2. He'll
meet Frenchman Richard Gasquet in the semis; Gasquet beat
Belgium's David Goffin 6-2, 7-6 (6).
Stockholm Open
No. 1 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece handled Sweden's Mikael
Ymer 7-5, 6-3 to reach the semifinals in Sweden.
Tsitsipas will face Finland's Emil Ruusuvuori, who surprised
American third seed Frances Tiafoe 6-1, 6-2 in less than 65
minutes. Ruusuvuori won a whopping 26 of 27 first-service points
(96.3 percent).
The other semifinal will pit fifth seed Alex de Minaur of
Australia against seventh seed Holger Rune of Denmark. De Minaur
outlasted Canadian fourth seed Denis Shapovalov 6-2, 7-6 (4) and
Rune turned the tables on second seed Cameron Norrie of Great
Britain 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-3.
Tennis Napoli Cup
Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia, the fifth seed, upset top seed
Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain 7-5, 6-2 in the quarterfinals in
Naples, Italy.
Kecmanovic saved seven of eight break points while converting
four of seven opportunities to break Carreno Busta's serve.
Earlier in the day, Carreno Busta had to play his second-round
match and swept Italy's Fabio Fognini 6-1, 6-1 in 53 minutes.
In the semifinals, Kecmanovic will face No. 4 seed Lorenzo
Musetti of Italy, who took care of Colombia's Daniel Elahi Galan
6-3, 6-0.
Musetti will be joined in the semis by countryman and second
seed Matteo Berrettini, who beat Japan's Taro Daniel 6-2, 6-3.
Berrettini's opponent will be Mackenzie McDonald, an American
who rallied past Chinese qualifier Zhizhen Zhang 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.
--Field Level Media
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