The victory of the defending champion and first seed, the Danish Holger Rune against the Chilean Cristian Garín (6-2 and 6-4) and the Australian Christopher O’Connel against the Italian Flavio Cobolli (7-6 (5), 4-6 and 6-3) American Taylor Fritz, seeded second, and Dutchman Botic Van de Zandschulp, fourth, completed the semifinals of the Munich tournament.
Fritz, the tenth ranked tennis player in the world, defeated Austrian Dominic Thiem 6-3 and 6-4 in an hour and a half hours before he completed his postponed Thursday match against Swiss Marc Andrea Huesler, which he won 5-7, 6-4 and 6-4.
The North American seeks to reach his first final on earth and the eleventh of his career to raise his titles to six, the second in 2023 after Delray Beach, in the duel against the Dutchman Van de Zandschulp defeated American Marcos Giron 7-6(5) and 6-3.
Previously, Holger Rune took an hour and a half to defeat the Chilean Cristián Garín who won in Munich in 2019. This is the third time that the Danish player, a finalist on Sunday in the Monte Carlo Masters 1000 lost to Russian. Andrey Rublev , surpassed the Chilean. The first two were in 2022: in Belgrade last year, also on clay, and in Stockholm on a hard court.
Holger Rune, 19, will face Australian Christopher O’Connell in the semifinals, who defeated Italian Flavio Cobolli, from the previous round, 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-3.
Source: La Verdad
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