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Korda rallied past Australian qualifier Rinky
Hijikata 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-4. Korda fired six aces, saved 4 of 6
break points he faced and capitalized on 4 of 7 break-point
opportunities.
Paul and Korda's countryman Taylor Fritz won't be joining them
after the fourth seed fell 6-4, 6-3 to Australia's Jordan
Thompson. Lorenzo Musetti of Italy will meet Thompson in the
semis after defeating British wild card Billy Harris 6-3, 7-5.
Terra Wortmann Open
No. 1 seed Jannik Sinner of Italy and No. 2 seed Alexander
Zverev of Germany both needed three sets and 2 1/2 hours to
advance to the semifinals in Halle, Germany.
Sinner took down German Jan-Lennard Struff 6-2, 6-7 (1), 7-6
(3). Both players held serve throughout the second and third
sets but Struff ran away with the second-set tiebreaker, before
Sinner pushed back by taking a 3-0 lead in the third-set
tiebreaker and protecting it.
Zverev outlasted Frenchman Arthur Fils 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4. Zverev
hit eight aces to just one double fault and saved the only break
point he faced.
Zverev's semifinal foe will be fifth seed Hubert Hurkacz of
Poland, who defeated Marcos Giron 7-6 (5), 6-4. Sinner will go
up against China's Zhizhen Zhang, a 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 winner over
Christopher Eubanks.
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