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Patna : Top seed Daniil Medvedev, 25, Russia, and 4th seed Andrey Rublev, 23, Russia, will clash in the semi-final of Western & Southern Open, an ATP Masters 1,000 hardcourt tennis tournament, Cincinati, Ohiao, USA, on August 21, 2021, at 10, 30 pm.
World No 2 Medvedev brushed aside 7th seed Pablo Carreno Busta, 30, Spain, in straight sets 6-1, 6-1 in 54 minutes in quarter-final on August 21, 2021, early morning, winning 5 break points and 7 games in a row during the match. The Russian fired 9 Aces during the match to 1 by World No 12 Busta. Both the players committed 2 double faults each. Medvedev, in all, won 56 points to 30 by the Spaniard.
World No 7 Rublev beat World No 50 Benoit Paire, 32, France, in a tough three-sets contest 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 in QF in 1hr 39 minutes. Rublev hammered 13 Aces during the match to 9 by the Frenchman. Paire committed 8 double faults during the match to 2 by Rublev. The Russian won 3 break points during the match to 1 by Busta. Both the palyers won 3 games each in a row in the match. Rublev, in all, won 87 points during the match to 76 by Paire.
World No 3 Stefanos Tsitsipas, 23, Greece, and World No 5 Alexander Zverev, 24, Germany, will clash in the second semi-final on August 22, 2021, early morning.
Second seed Tsitsipas defeated 12th Felix Auger-Aliassime, 21, Canada, in a three-set contest 6-2, 5-7, 6-1 in 2hr 11 minutes in QF on August 20, 2021, night. Tsitsipas won 4 break points during the match to 1 by the Canadian. World No 17 Aliassime fired 10 Aces during the match to 6 by the Greek.
Zverev beat 8th seed Casper Ruud, 22, Norway, in straight sets 6-1, 6-3 in QF in 59 minutes. The German won 5 break points in the match to 1 by the Norwegian. Zverev served 6 Aces during the match to 2 by World No 11 Ruud. The German won 5 games in a row during the match to 2 by Ruud.