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Top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz remained undefeated on the season, advancing to the ultimate of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open with a 7-6 (3), 6-4 win over defending champion Andrey Rublev on Friday in Doha.
Alcaraz, a 22-year-old Spaniard who accomplished the profession Grand Slam three weeks in the past on the Australian Open, improved to 11-0 this yr.
Getting previous the fifth-seeded Russian was no straightforward process for Alcaraz, although. Rublev twice obtained breaks when Alcaraz was serving for the primary set, after which Alcaraz wanted six match factors unfold throughout two video games to seal the match.
Awaiting Alcaraz within the ultimate is France’s Arthur Fils, who defeated sixth-seeded Jakub Mensik of the Czech Republic 6-4, 7-6 (4) on Friday. Fils is thru to his first tour-level ultimate since successful the title at Tokyo in 2024.
Delray Beach Open
Fifth-seeded Tommy Paul prevailed in a rematch of the 2024 ultimate at Delray Beach, Fla., beating top-seeded Taylor Fritz 6-4, 6-3 in an all-U.S. quarterfinal.
Paul by no means misplaced his serve whereas changing three of his 11 break probabilities towards Fritz, the 2023 and 2024 Delray Beach champion.
In the semifinals, Paul will face Learner Tien after the fourth seed received one other all-U.S. conflict 7-6 (5), 3-6, 7-5 towards eighth-seeded Frances Tiafoe.
Sebastian Korda of the United States rallied previous second-seeded Casper Ruud of Norway 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 to earn a semifinal matchup towards Flavio Cobolli. The third-seeded Italian bested Coleman Wong, a qualifier from Hong Kong, 7-5, 6-7 (7), 6-2.
Rio Open
After capturing an uncommon tiebreaker, eighth-seeded Tomas Martin Etcheverry of Argentina downed Portugal’s Jaime Faria 7-6 (4), 6-4 within the quarterfinals at Rio de Janeiro.
The first set featured no service breaks, however neither participant may maintain serve within the tiebreaker. The server misplaced every of the primary eight tiebreaker factors earlier than Etcheverry held his serve for a 5-4 edge. Faria served and misplaced the subsequent two factors to finish the set.
Etcheverry’s semifinal foe would be the Czech Republic’s Vit Kopriva, who obtained previous Argentina’s Juan Manuel Cerundolo 6-4, 6-4.
The different semifinal will function Ignacio Buse after the Peruvian topped Italy’s Matteo Berrettini 6-3, 2-6, 6-3. The final quarterfinal match was being contested Friday night time, with Argentina’s Thiago Agustin Tirante opposing Chile’s Alejandro Tabilo.
–Field Level Media