Griekspoor surprised Ruud in Stockholm

Tallon Griekspoor the norwegian was surprised Casper Ruudsecond seed, eliminated in the semifinals of the Stockholm tournament reached by the Dutchman, who will play against the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrovthird favorite, which was fulfilled against the Swiss Dominic Stricker.

The last part of the Swedish event is defined. Griekspoor defeated Ruud 7-5 and 7-6(5) after two hours of play. It was the third victory of the player from the Netherlands against a top ten rival that put him on the brink of the fourth final of his career after in Hertogenbosch and Pune, which he won, last year, and in Washington, which he lost .

Griekspoor will face Dimitrov in search of the final, who defeated Stricker without complications (6-3 and 6-2) and showed the huge distance between them in the ranking. The Swiss, 317th in the ATP rankings, is in the quarterfinals of a circuit event for the first time. That’s where he stayed ahead of his rival’s top, tenth in the world seeking his fourth final in Stockholm.

Champion in 2013, he was a finalist in 2014, defeated by Czech Tomas Berdych and in 2017, was separated from Argentine Juan Martín del Potro’s title.

On the other side of the draw, veteran Stanislas Wawrinka, 39 years old, world number three, holder of sixteen titles, will play in the semifinals for the first time since July 2023 when he reached the final in Umag , the Australian Alexei Popyrin overcame, after defeating the first seed, the Russian Andry Rublev 7-6(5) and 7-6(5).

The tennis player from Lausanne, who achieved his first victory against a ‘top 10’ player since Cincinnati last year, in August 2023, took one hour and 53 minutes to defeat the Muscovite, who had already lost he three out of five times ago. events and met American Tommy Paul, fourth seed and winner of the tournament in 2021, who defeated Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic 7-6(9) and 6-2.