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The Spaniard last appeared in a semifinal at
Wimbledon in 2022. His opponent in Saturday's clay-court
semifinal will be Croatian qualifier Duje Ajdukovic, who
defeated Thiago Monteiro of Brazil 6-2, 4-6, 6-4. No. 7 seed
Nuno Borges of Portugal meets Argentina's Thiago Agustin Tirante
in the other semifinal.
Nadal will welcome at least one more match on his favorite
surface before he competes for Spain in the Summer Olympics at
Roland Garros later this month. He has won 14 French Opens at
the site in Paris.
Hamburg Open
German Alexander Zverev, the top seed, cruised past
eighth-seeded Zhizhen Zhang of China 6-4, 6-3 to post a
quarterfinals win in front of his home-country fans.
In the semifinals, he will meet Spain's Pedro Martinez, who
recorded a 1-6, 6-1, 6-4 win over Argentina's Francisco
Cerundolo, the fourth seed.
Saturday's second semifinal will feature a match between
fifth-seeded Arthur Fils of France and third-seeded Sebastian
Baez of Argentina. Fils defeated Holger Rune of Denmark in a
6-4, 4-1 walkover, while Baez topped Italian Luciano Darden, the
seventh seed, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4.
Swiss Open Gstaad
No. 1 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece advanced to the
semifinals with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Italian Fabio Fognini, the
seventh seed, in just 68 minutes.
Awaiting him in the next round is another Italian, sixth-seeded
Matteo Berrettini, who defeated third-seeded Felix Auger-Aliassime
of Canada 7-6 (7), 7-6 (2).
Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff, the fifth seed, topped the fourth
seed, Tomas Martin Etcheverry of Argentina 7-5, 3-6, 6-3. In the
semis, Struff will face Frenchman Quentin Halys, who defeated
Gustavo Heide of Brazil 6-1, 7-5 in a clash of unseeded players.
Infosys Hall of Fame Open
No. 2 seed Marcos Giron saved all three break points and
advanced to the all-American semifinals in Newport, R.I., with a
6-4, 6-1 win over Australia's Alex Bolt.
Giron's opponent is countryman and No. 4 seed Christopher
Eubanks, who outlasted sixth-seeded Australian Aleksandar Vukic
6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (3). Eubanks and Vukic each hammered 13 aces but
Eubanks had a 40-26 edge in winners.
No. 3 seed Alex Michelsen and wild card Reilly Opelka will meet
in the other all-American semifinal.
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