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Patna : Top seed Rafael Nadal, 33, Spain, 2nd seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, 22, Greece, and 11th seed Jannik Sinner, 19, Italy, reached semi-finals of Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, an ATP 500 clay court event, at Barcelona, Spain, on April 23, 2021.
World No 3 & 11-time cham[ion Nadal beat World No 58 Cameron Norries, 25, UK, in straight sets 6-1, 6-4 in quarter-finals in 1hr 34 minutes firing 4 Aces during the match. Nadal won 4 break points to 1 by Norrie. The Spainiard won 5 games in a row in the match to 2 by the Brit. Norrie committed 5 double faults to 2 by Nadal. The Spainiard won 65 points during the match to 47 by the BRit.
World No 5 Tsitsipas beat 10th seed Felix Auger Aliassime, 29, Canada, 6-3, 6-3 in QFs in 82 minutes winning 3 break points and 3 games in a row during the match. World No 20 Aliassime committed 3 double faults to 1 by the Greek. Tsitsipas, in all, won 65 points during the match to 61 by the Canadian.
World No 19 Sinner upset World No 7 Andrey Rublev, 23, Russia, in straight sets 6-2, 7-6 in QFs. Sinner won 3 break points during the match to 1 by 3rd seed Rublev. Sinner fired 4 Aces during the match to 1 by the Russian. The Italian also won 3 games in a row in the match to 2 by Rublev. Sinner, in all, won 72 points during the match to 61 by the Russian. Sinner will face Tsitsipas in SFs on April 24, 2021, at 5 pm.