The French Arthur Rinderknech, 73rd player in the world, withdrew from the Open Parc in Lyon, when he was to face the Italian Luciano Darderi on Thursday in the quarter-finals, the organizers announced. Rinderknech eliminated the American Frances Tiafoe, 26th in the ATP rankings and seeded n°5, on Wednesday (7-6 [4]6-4).
Darderi, 47th player in the world, will therefore face in the semi-finals the Argentinian Tomas Etcheverry, seeded n°6 in the event, who won on Thursday at midday against the German Dominik Koepfer (67th) 6 -4, 6-1.
The last two quarter-finals will pit the Kazakh Alexander Bublik, 19th in the world and seeded n°2, against the Russian Pavel Kotov then two Frenchmen, Hugo Gaston (104th) from the qualifications, and Giovanni Mpetshi-Perricard (117th), a young 20-year-old Lyonnais benefiting from an invitation.
