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Patna : World No 21 Felix Auger-Aliassime, 19, Canada, and World No 30 Pablo Carreno Busta, 28, Spain, entered the semi-finals of ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, an ATP World Tour 500 indoor hard courts tournament, at Rotterdam, Netherlands, on February 14, 2020, night.
Aliassime beat World No 52 Aljaz Bedene, 30, Slovenia, in straight sets 6-4, 7-6 in 1 hr 51 minutes in quarter-finals. Aliassime fired 10 Aces in the match to 3 by Bedene, who had stunned 2nd seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, 21, Greece, in second round on February 13. The Canadian won 2 break points to 1 by Bedene. He also won 5 games in a row to 3 by Bedene. The Canadian won 76 points to 72 by his opponent.
Busta edged past World No 79 Jannik Sinner, 18, Italy, in a three-set 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 in 2hr 44 minutes in quarter-finals. Both the players won 2 break points each in the match. They also won 3 games each in a row. Both of them also won 116 points each besides 17 games each in the match. Sinner though fired 9 Aces in the match to 6 by Busta. The Spaniard won 78 service points to 75 by the Italian. Busta will face Aliassime in SFs on February 15, 2020.