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Patna : World No 75 Pablo Andujar, 35, Spain, who had stunned top seed Roger Federer, 39, Switzerland, in 2nd round on May 18, 2021, defeated World No 419 Dominic Stephan Stricker, 18, Switzerland, in a three-set battle on May 20, 2021, to reach the semi-finals of ATP Gonet Geneva Open at Geneva, Switzerland. Andujar beat Stricker 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 in quarter-finals in 2hr 12 minutes overcoming 10 Aces hammered by the Swiss. Andujar served just 1 Ace during the match.
The Spainiard won 5 break points during the match to 4 by the Swiss teenager. Andujar, however, also committed 7 double faults during the match to 4 by Stricker. The Spainiard won 5 games in a row during the match to 3 by the Swiss. Stricker, however, won 95 points during the match to 87 by Andujar. But, the Spainiard won 16 games in the match to 14 by Stricker, who had defeated 2014 US Open Champion Marin Cilic, 32, Croatia, in first round and World No 44 Marton Fucsovics, 29, Hungary, in 2nd round.
Second seed & World No 15 Denis Shapovalov, 22, Canada, reached quarter-finals of the tournament defeating qualifier & World No 104 Marco Cecchinato, 28, Italy, in a three-set battle 6-7, 7-5, 6-1 in 2nd round.