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• In the first semi-final of the Antwerp competition, the 22-year-old Korda fought back in an almost three-hour battle of two tiebreaks and three sets, defeating former Austrian Dominik Thiem (ATP 132), who was among the world’s tennis elite before suffering injuries.

• The 29-year-old Thiems, ranked third in the world a relatively short time ago, in the seventh game of the deciding set broke opponent’s serve, but lost in the next game break preponderance. In the tiebreak, Austria’s leading tennis player failed to repeat what he was able to do in the first set, when Thiem came back from 2-4 down to win five games in a row. At the end of the third set, Korda, who lost in the final of the Gijon 250-point tournament the previous week, appeared to be more cool-headed.

The 36-year-old French veteran Richard Gasquet showed a worthy resistance to the world’s top ten tennis player Auger-Aliassim. who held his service games in both sets against the Canadian youngster, reaching tiebreaks twice.

• The 22-year-old Auger-Aliassim, after winning the title in Florence last week, will have the opportunity to earn the third trophy in his ATP tour career, as well as get significantly closer to the final tournament of the ATP season in Turin.

The third duel between Kordas and Auger-Aljasims (one victory each so far) will start at approximately 17:00 Latvian time.

Antwerp ATP 250 “European Open” tournament semifinals

The gameThe result
Sebastian Korda – Dominic Thiem6:7 (4); 6:3; 7:6 (4)
Félix Auger-Aliasim [2.] – Richard Gasquet7:6 (2); 7:6 (3)

• About half an hour earlier, the Greek Stefan Tsitsipas (ATP 5th) and the 19-year-old Dane Holger Roone (ATP 27th) are scheduled to go to Stockholm’s central court, who proved his character qualities in his semi-final match, against the Australian Alex de Minor (ATP 23), recovering from a lost first set and break (1:3) deficit in the second set.

• Rune has reached the finals of the 250-point tournament for the second time this autumn, having previously recognized the superiority of the Swiss Mark-Andreas Hisler (ATP 62) in the finals in a similar competition in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, at the beginning of October.

• The young Danish talent and Cicips, who convincingly defeated Finland’s Emil Rūsuvuori (ATP 52) in the semi-finals, will compete against each other for the first time since the round of 16 of the French Open Championship, on May 30, Roones proved to be superior in the round of 16 of the “Grand Slam” series tournament.

Stockholm ATP 250 tournament semi-finals

The gameThe result
Holger’s Rune [7.] – Alex de Minor [5.]4:6; 7:6 (1); 7:5
Stefan Cicips [1.] – Emil Rūsuvuori6:2; 6:2

• Italians Mateo Berretini (ATP 16) and 20-year-old Lorenzo Muzzetti (ATP 24) will cross spears in the final of the Naples competition. Relatively the most experienced In the semi-finals against the American Mackenzie MacDonald (ATP 74), Berretini was trailing with a set deficit and squandered twice in the second set break predominantly however, proved superior in the tiebreak and then in the decisive third set.

• Muzeti, who defeated Serbia’s Miomir Kecmanovic (ATP No. 30) in straight sets in the semifinals, earned the opportunity to compete in his first final since his sensational triumph at the 500-point tournament in Hamburg this summer.

Naples ATP 250 tournament semifinals

The gameThe result
Matthew Bertini [2.] – Mackenzie McDonald3:6; 7:6 (2); 6:3
Lorenzo Muzeti [4.] – Miomir Kecmanović [5.]6:3; 6:4

Draws for the Antwerp, Stockholm and Naples tournaments:
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