Casper Rudd defeats defending champion Baez in Estoril
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khaskhabar.com : Saturday, April 08, 2023 2:41 PM
New Delhi. World number five Casper Rudd has stormed into his first semi-final of the season at the Millennium Estoril Open. Rudd put on a strong performance to beat defending champion Sebastian Baez 6-3, 6-0.
Rudd put together the fifth seed Bays on defense with accurate play from the baseline. Rudd, a nine-time ATP Tour title winner, won in one hour and 18 minutes.
Rude will next face France’s Quentin Helles, who beat former world number three Dominic Thiem 6-1, 6-4 to reach his first ATP Tour semi-final. Helis won the match in one hour and 19 minutes.
Hellis will now move from No. 80 to No. 64 in the rankings. Last week, he reached the fourth round in Miami.
In other matches, 2018 French Open semi-finalist Marco Sachinato and sixth seed Miomir Kekmanovic will take on each other in the semi-finals.
Sachinato caused a major upset by defeating third seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 7-5, 7-6(5) while Kekmanovich beat Benarbe Zapata Mirals 7-5, 6-2.(IANS)
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