Holger Rune withdrew due to injury in Rotterdam

the danish Holger Runefourth favourite, withdrew as he lost 6-4 and 4-0 against the Dutchman Gijs Brouwerwho reached the quarterfinals of the ATP 500 indoor tournament in Rotterdam where he will face his compatriot Tallon Griekspoor.

Rune, the ninth player in the world, indicated a right wrist injury to leave midway, seventy-three minutes into the game, his clash against Brouwer, ranked 160th in the ranking and without a title in circuit.

Brouwer is seeking his first semifinals at an ATP tournament against his compatriot Griekspoor, guaranteeing a Dutchman in the top four of the tournament.

Before, the Italian Jannik Sinner the expected revenge against the Greek was completed Stefanos Tsitsipas, the early favorite, and after adding his sixth straight victory he qualified for the quarterfinals. The transalpine was never able to beat Tsitsipas. The last time was at the Australian Open where the Athenian won an epic duel and reached the final where he lost to Novak Djokovic.

The sinner defeated the Greek the first time. He made it 6-4 and 6-3 in 82 minutes. It was the sixth consecutive victory for the young Italian who won last week in Montpellier, his first title in 2023.

Jannik Sinner will face Swiss Stan Wawrinka, who won in Rotterdam in 2015, as his opponent in the quarterfinals.

Sinner joins the victories of Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime and Russian Daniil Medvedev, favorites who entered action on Thursday. Aliassime, third seed and defending champion, defeated Frenchman Gregoire Barrere 6-4, 6-3 and will face Medvedev, sixth seeded, who defeated Dutchman Boric Van de Zandschulp by double 6 in the next leg.- 2.

The Australian also won Alex de Minaur who defeated American Maxime Cressy in three sets (7-5, 3-6 and 6-3) and will seek the semifinals in a match against Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov.