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Medvedev held a 12-0 advantage in aces and
saved five of seven break points, but Bautista Agut held off his
higher-ranked opponent in the 12th game of the first set and won
the final three points of the second-set tiebreaker.
Bautista Agut will face Russia's Andrey Rublev in the
semifinals. The third seed, Rublev had to rally for a 3-6, 6-3,
6-4 win over Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor.
The other semifinal will pit No. 9 seed Alexander Zverev of
Germany against Kazakhstan's Alexander Bublik. Zverev beat
Chile's Nicolas Jarry 7-5, 6-3, while Bublik led his
quarterfinal match 7-5, 2-0 when Italian fourth seed Jannik
Sinner retired due to an adductor injury.
Cinch Championships
Sebastian Korda will get a shot at No. 1 seed Carlos Alcaraz of
Spain in the semifinals after upsetting fifth seed Cameron
Norrie of Great Britain 6-4, 7-6 (1) in the quarters in London.
The unseeded American won 33 of 39 first-service points (84.6
percent) and had a 7-3 edge in aces. Korda has one victory in
three tries against Alcaraz, the current World No. 2.
Alcaraz advanced with a 6-4, 6-4 triumph over Bulgarian
qualifier Grigor Dimitrov.
No. 2 seed Holger Rune of Denmark topped sixth seed Lorenzo
Musetti of Italy 6-4, 7-5. In the semifinals, Rune will face No.
7 Alex de Minaur of Australia, who outlasted France's Adrian
Mannarino 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.
--Field Level Media
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