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Taylor Fritz beats Andrey Rublev to achieve semifinals in Toronto
TORONTO — Taylor Fritz beat No. 6 seed Andrey Rublev 6-3, 7-6 on Tuesday evening to achieve the semifinals of the Nationwide Financial institution Open.
The second-seeded Fritz completed with 20 aces, together with one which completed off the match. He’ll face the winner of the late quarterfinal between No. 4 Ben Shelton of the U.S. and No. 9 Alex de Minaur of Australia.
Wednesday’s different semifinal will see top-seeded Alexander Zverev of Germany, the 2017 event winner in Montreal, tackle No. 11 Karen Khachanov of Russia. The ultimate is Thursday.
Fritz got here out firing in hazy and breezy circumstances with three aces to win the primary recreation. He then broke Rublev in securing the match’s first eight factors.
The 27-year-old American, who sits fourth within the ATP Tour rankings and misplaced final yr’s U.S. Open closing to No. 1 Jannik Sinner, fired two extra aces to go up 4-1 earlier than serving out the set.
Searching for his eleventh ATP Tour victory — and second Masters 1000 crown — Fritz broke Rublev with the second set tied 4-4, however the Russian returned the favor to remain alive within the subsequent recreation and went up 6-5 earlier than Fritz pressured the tiebreaker.
Fritz misplaced within the Wimbledon semis to No. 2-ranked Carlos Alcaraz, who together with a bunch of high gamers together with Sinner, No. 5 Jack Draper and No. 6 Novak Djokovic all skipped this hard-court occasion expanded to 2 weeks in 2025.
Rublev misplaced in final yr’s closing to Australia’s Alexei Popyrin, when the occasion was performed in Montreal. The 27-year-old from Moscow made the fourth spherical of each Wimbledon and the French Open.
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