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The next opponent for Draper will be Alexander
Bublik of Kazakhstan, the eighth seed, who ousted fourth-seeded
Lorenzo Musetti of Italy 6-3, 6-7 (4), 7-5.
Also moving to the semis on Thursday was American Sebastian
Korda, the third seed, who topped Australian home favorite
Christopher O'Connell 6-4, 6-4. It's his second consecutive year
in the final four in Adelaide after losing to Novak Djokovic in
three sets in the finals in 2023.
Korda will play No .7 Jiri Lehecka. The Czech was a 6-4, 7-5
winner against No. 2 seed Nicolas Jarry of Chile.
ASB Classic
No. 1 seed Ben Shelton reached his third career semifinal with a
6-4, 6-3 win over Spain's Roberto Carballes Baena in Auckland,
New Zealand.
Next up for Shelton, who saved seven of eight break chances,
will be Taro Daniel of Japan. Daniel fought off a rally by
French qualifier Alexandre Muller to win 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-3 win.
The other semifinal will pit Chile's Alejandro Tabilo against
19-year-old Arthur Fils of France, who became the first teenager
to advance to the Auckland semifinals since Rafael Nadal did so
in 2004 at age 17.
Fils was leading 7-6 (2), 1-0 when German Daniel Altmaier
retired with a lower back issue. Tabilo advanced via a walkover
when second-seeded Cameron Norrie of Great Britain withdrew due
to a concern with his left wrist.
--Field Level Media
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