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Patna : Top seed Alexander Bublik, 24, Kazakhstan; 7th seed Jordan Thompson, 27,Australia; 8th seed Kevin Anderson, 35, South Africa; and World No 152 Jenson Brooksby, 20, USA, have reached the semi-finals of Hall of Fame Open, an ATP 250 points tournament at Newport, USA.
World No 37 Bublik beat World No 163 Jason Jung, 32, Chinese Taipei, in straight sets 6-2, 6-4 in quarter-final winning 3 break points and 5 games in a row during the match. Bublik hammered 14 Aces in the match to just 1 by Jung. But, he also committed 6 double faults to 3 by Jung.
World No 71 Jordan Thompson beat World N 155 Maxime Cressy, 24, USA, 6-3, 7-6 in QF. Both the players fired 5 Aces each in the match. Thompson won 2 break points in the match to 1 by Cressy, who committed 7 double faults during the match.
World No 113 Kevin Anderson beat World No 231 Jack Sock, 28, USA, a former Top 10 player, in a three-set contest 6-7, 6-2, 6-4 in QF. Anderson hammered 20 Aces during the match to 4 by Sock. The American committed 7 double faults to 5 by the South African. Anderson won 4 break points during the match to 1 by Sock. Anderson will face Bublik in SF.
Brooksby beat World No 131 Peter Gojowczyk, 31, Germany, 6-0, 6-3 in QF. Brooksby won 5 break point during the match to 1 by Gojowczyk. The American will face Thompson in SF.