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Patna : World No 5 in ATP rankings Alexander Zverev, 21, Germany, and qualifier Marius Copil, 28, Romania, entered the semi-finals of Swiss Indoors tennis tournament at Basel, Switzerland, an ATP 500 points event, on October 26, 2018.
Zverev beat World No 26 Roberto Bautista Agut, 30, Spain, in straight sets 7-5, 6-3 in the quarter-finals on October 26. Zverev fired 12 Aces in the match to just 1 by his Spanish rival. Agut committed 8 double faults in the match to 6 by Zverev. Zverev, however, won 5 break points to 2 by Agut in the match. Zverev won 6 games in a row to 3 by Agut.
World No 93 Copil, a qualifier, beat World No 57 Taylor Fritz, 20, USA, in straight sets 7-6, 7-5 in the quarter-finals continuing his giant killing run. Copil, who had beaten World No 6 Marin Cilic, 30, Croatia, in the Round of 16, fired 18 Aces in the match to 11 by Fritz. Fritz committed 5 double faults to 3 by Copil. Copil won 2 break points to 1 by Fritz. Copil had hammered 21 Aces in his Round of 16 match against Cilic.