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Patna : World No 93 Pierre-Hugues Herbert, 29, France, stunned 2nd seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, 22, Greece, in a three-set battle in the quarter-finals of ATP Open 13 Provence at Marseille, France, on March 12, 2021, late night, to reach the SFs of the event. Herbert beat World No 5 Tsitsipas 6-7, 6-4, 6-2 in 2hrs 5 minutes in quarter-finals.
The Frenchman fired 6 Aces in the match to just 2 by the Greek. Herbert won 5 break points to 2 by the Greek. He also won 5 games in a row in the match to 3 by Tsitsipas. Herbert, in all, won 93 points during the match to 83 by Tsitsipas. Herbert will face compatriot & World No 31 Ugo Humbert, 22, in semi-finals on March 13, 2021, night.
Top seed and World No 3 Daniil Medvedev, 25, Russia, beat 5th seed Jannik Sinner, 19, Italy, 6-2, 6-4 in 75 minutes in QFs to advance to SFs of the event. Medvedev fired 7 Aces in the match to 2 by the Italian. The Russian also won 3 break points during the match to none by World No 34 Sinner. Medvedev also won 5 games in a row in the match. The Russian won 61 points during the match to 45 by Sinner. Medvedev will face qualifier Mathew Ebden, Australia, in SFs on March 13, 2021, night.