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Patna : Third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, 23, Greece, defeated 6th seed Casper Ruud, 22, Norway, in straight sets to rea h the semi-finals of National Bank Open ( Canadian Open), an ATP Masters 1,000 points outdoor hard courts tournament, at Toronto, Canda, on August 13, 2021, night.
World No 3 Tsitsipas beat World No 12 Ruud 6-1. 6-4 in 74 minutes winning 3 break points and 5 games in a row during the match. The Greeh hammered 8 Aces during the match to just 2 by the Norwegian. Tsitsipas, in all, won 56 points during the match to 37 by Ruud. Bothe players committed 1 double fault each in the match.
World No 2 Daniil Medvedev, 25, Russia; 7th seed Hubert Hurkacz, 24, Poland; 11th seed Gael Monfils, 34, France; and World No 30 John Isner,36, USA, have reached QFs of the tournament.