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Patna : Top seed Novak Djokovic, Serbia, 4th seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, Greece, 8th seed Roberto Bautista Agut, Spain, and Milos Raonic, Canada, entered the semi-finals of 2020 Western & Southern Open tennis tournament at Mason, Ohio, USA, on August 26, 2020, late night. Djokovic will face Roberto Bautista Agut while Tsitsipas will face Raonic in the semi-finals on August 28, 2020.
Djokovic brushed aside Jan-Lennard Struff, Germany 6-3, 6-1 in the QFs. Both the players fired 5 Aces each in the match. But, Djokovic won 5 break points in the match to just 1 by Struff. The German committed 8 double faults to 3 by Djokovic. Tsitsipas entered the SFs after his opponent Reilly Opelka, USA, retired in the first set leading 6-5.
Milos Raonic beat Filip Krajinovic, Serbia, in a tough three-set contest 4-6, 7-6, 7-5 rallying back from one set down. Raonic hammered 24 Aces in the match to 5 by the Serbian. Both the players won 2 break points each in the match.
Bautista upset 3rd seed Daniil Medvedev, Russia, 1-6, 6-4-6-3 in the QFs. Both the players won 5 break points each in the match.