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Patna : Top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, 22, Greece, 2nd seed Alexander Zverev, 23, Germany, World No 71 Dominik Koepfer, 26, Germany, and qualifier Lorenzo Musetti, Italy, reached the semi-finals of ATP Abierto Mexicano Telcel (Mexican Open) at Acapulco, Mexico, on March 19, 2021.
World No 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas battled past 7th seed & World No 18 Felix Auger Aliassime, 20, Canada, in three-sets 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 in 2hrs 03 minutes in quarter-finals to move into semi-finals of the event. Tsitsipas won 3 break points during the match to 2 by the Canadian. Both the players won 3 games each in a row in the match. Tsitsipas, in all, won 84 points during the match to 74 by Aliassime. The Canadian fired 7 Aces in the match to 4 by the Greek. Tsitsipas will face qualifier Lorenzo Musetti, Italy, in semi-finals on March 20, 2021.
World No 120 Lorenzo Musetti, 19, Italy, stunned 5th seed & World No 16 Grigor Dimitrov, 29, Bulgaria, in straight sets 6-4, 7-6 in 2hrs 08 minutes in quarter-finals on March 19, 2021. Musetti won 3 break points during the match to 2 by Dimitrov. Both the players won 3 games each in a row during the match. Musetti, in all, won 89 points in the match to 80 by the Bulgaria. Dimitrov committed 6 double faults in the match to 2 by Musetti, who had handed over a shock defeat to 3rd sedd & World No 9 Diego Schwartzman, 28, Argentina, in first round.
World No 71 Dominik Koepfer, beat World No 61 Cameron Norrie, 25, UK, in straight sets 7-5, 6-4 in QFs. The German won 4 break points in the match to 2 by Norrie. He also won 4 games in a row in the match to 2 by Norrie. Koepfer won 75 points during the match to 63 by Norrie.
World No 7 Alexander Zverev, Germany, reached the SFs by walkover after his quarter-finals opponent and World No 25 Casper Ruud, 22, Norway, retired before the match. Zverev will face compatriot Koepfer in SFs on March 20, 2021.