At the tune-up for Roland-Garros, Djokovic
remained on a roll by saving all seven break points he faced
during a 7-5, 6-1 win over No. 6 seed Tallon Griekspoor of the
Netherlands. Earlier in the day, Griekspoor completed a 6-7 (7),
7-6 (4), 6-3 comeback win in the Round of 16 over Canada's Denis
Shapovalov that was interrupted Wednesday by rain.
Ruud, a clay-court specialist, needed three sets before beating
Argentina's Sebastian Baez 6-3, 3-6, 6-4. Ruud converted 4 of 5
break-point opportunities and benefitted from No. 5 Baez's 21
unforced errors.
In the semifinals, Djokovic will face the Czech Republic's Tomas
Machac, who beat Alex Michelsen 6-3, 7-6 (2). Ruud will meet
Italian Flavio Cobolli, who was a 6-4, 6-4 winner over Alexander
Shevchenko of Kazakhstan.
Open Parc
No. 2 seed Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan rallied to defeat
Russia's Pavel Kotov 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), 6-3 in three hours and 11
minutes in the quarterfinals in Lyon, France.
Bublik smashed 11 aces, saved 13 of 17 break points and
converted 5 of 8 opportunities to break Kotov. He trailed 3-1 in
the second-set tiebreaker before charging in front, and he
overcame losing his serve in the first game of the third set.
In the semis, Bublik will face Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard,
ranked No. 117 in the world, after the French wild card beat
countryman Hugo Gaston 6-4, 4-6, 6-3. No. 6 seed Tomas Martin
Etcheverry of Argentina was a 6-4, 6-1 winner over Dominik
Koepfer of Germany and next will face Italy's Luciano Darderi,
who advanced via walkover against France's Arthur Rinderknech.
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