Frances Tiafoe, number 15 in the world, stood this Saturday in the semifinals of the ATP 250 tournament in Houston after a marathon day where he had to defeat his countryman Steve Johnson (6-2, 6-4) in the morning and Australian Jason Kubler 6-4, 6-4 in the afternoon.
The rain of the last days forced a double shift, so that all the semifinalists played two matches. Tiafoe’s opponent in the semifinals will be Dutchman Gijs Brouwer, who defeated John Isner in the round of 16 (6-4, 7-6) and JJ Wolf in the quarterfinals (6-3, 6-4).
The other semifinal will be played by Tomás Martín Etcheverry and Yannick Hanfmann. The Argentine defeated Australian Max Purcell in the round of 16 (7-6, 6-1) and Chilean Cristian Garín in the quarterfinals (6-1, 6-7, 6-3), while the German defeated Tommy Paul (7- 6, 6-2) and Tomas Macchac (6-2, 6-1).
The semifinals are scheduled to be played this Sundayat 20 Spanish peninsular time, and the endscheduled at 02 in the morning.
Source: La Verdad
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