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Patna : World No. 7 in the ATP rankings Donic Thiem, 24, Austria, on May 12, 2018, defeated World No. 8 Kevin Anderson, 31, South Africa, at La Caga Magica, Madrid, Spain, to enter the final of ATP Madrid Open Masters 1000. Thiem, the 5th seed, defeated Anderson, the 6th seed, 6-4, 6-2, in the semi-finals. Thiem had defeated World No. 1 Rafael Nadal, top seed and five time champion, in the quarterfinals on May 11, 2018.
In thesecond semi-finals, World No 3 Alexander Zverev, 21, Germany, will play World No 43rd Denis Shapovalov, 18, Canada, on May 13. Zverev defeated John Isner, 33, USA, the 7th seed, in the quarterfinals. Shapovalov had defeated Kyle Edmund, 23, England, in the quarterfinals, in three sets.