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Khachanov won the first four points of his
first-set tiebreaker but let Popyrin right back in it, leading
to a 6-5 deficit. The Russian saved the first of three set
points he faced in the tiebreaker, but he did not finish the job
until his fifth set point at 13-12.
Despite Popyrin having a 35-23 advantage in winners, Khachanov
had just four unforced errors to Popyrin's 14 and won 55.6
percent of the total points (79 of 142).
Mensik, who upset top-seeded Andrey Rublev of Russia in the
previous round, saved nine of 12 break points against Monfils.
Mensik is ranked No. 116 in the world.
Mifel Tennis Open
Eighth-seeded Jordan Thompson of Australia is one win away from
his first career ATP Tour title after upsetting top-seeded
Alexander Zverev of Germany 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (2) in the semifinals
at Los Cabos, Mexico.
Thompson has been to two previous tournament finals, both at
's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, in 2019 and 2023. He needed seven
match points to get past Zverev, five on the German's serve at
5-6 in the third set and the other two in the decisive
tiebreaker.
Thompson's title-match opponent will be fourth-seeded Casper
Ruud of Norway, with ousted second-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas of
Greece 6-4, 7-6 (4) in the first semifinal. Ruud is chasing his
11th championship on tour, most recently having prevailed at
Estoril, Portugal, last year.
Rio Open
Two Argentine players beat Brazilian opponents and a third
Argentine player joined them in earning quarterfinal wins in Rio
de Janeiro.
Fifth-seeded Sebastian Baez got past Thiago Monteiro 6-4, 1-6,
6-2 and qualifier Mariano Navone got past Joao Fonseca in the
two Argentina-Brazil matchups. Fonseca, 17, had never won a
match on the ATP Tour before winning twice in Rio this week.
Baez's semifinal opponent will be countryman Francisco Cerundolo,
the fourth seed, who rallied past Serbia's Dusan Lajovic 3-6,
6-4, 6-4. Navone's semifinal foe will be second-seeded Cameron
Norrie of Great Britain, who moved on with a 6-1, 3-6, 6-2
victory over Brazil's Thiago Seyboth Wild.
--Field Level Media
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