Tsitsipas, Goffin, Kukushkin, Humbert reach SFs of Open 13 Provence

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Patna : World No 12 in ATP rankings Stefanos Tsitsipas, 20, Greece, World No 24 David Goffin, 28, Belgium, World No 50 Mikhail Kukushkin, 31, Kazakhstan, and World No 75 Ugo Humbert, 20, France, have reached the semi-finals of Open 13 Provence, an ATP world tour 250 points tennis tournament, at Marseille, France.

Tsitsipas beat World No 141 Sergiy Stakhovsky, 33, Ukraine, 6-4, 6-3 in the quarter-finals in 1hr 8 minutes on February 22, 2019, night. Tsitsipas broke Stakhovsky’s service twice in the match. Both the players fired 4 Aces each in the match. Tsitsipas also won 5 games in a row in the match.

Goffin entered the SFs defeating World No 32, Gilles Simon, 34, France, 6-2, 6-4 in the quarter-finals in 1hr 28 minutes on February 23, 2019. Simon fired 4 Aces in the match to 3 by Goffin. But, Goffin broke Simon’s service thrice in the match besides winning 5 games in a row. Goffin will face Tsitsipas in the SFs on February 23, 2019, night.

Kukushkin beat World No 115 Andrey Rublev, 21, Russia, 6-4, 6-1 in the quarter-finals on February 22, 2019, night. Both the players fired 5 Aces each in the match. Kukushkin broke Rublev’s service 4 times while the latter broke his service once. Kukushkin won 6 games in a row to 2 by Rublev.

Humbert beat World No 143 Matthias Bachinger, 31, Germany, 6-3, 6-3 in the quarter-finals. Humbert fired 6 Aces to 8 by Bachinger in the match. But, Humbert broke Bachinger’s service thrice in the match. Bachinger also committed 4 double faults. Humbert won 5 games in a row in the match. Humbert will face Kukushkin in the SFs on February 23.