Last Updated: February 17, 2023, 10:26 IST
Jannik Sinner and Holger Rune (Twitter)
Jannik Sinner defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas as Holger Rune was knocked out by world quantity 160 Gijs Brouwer in the Rotterdam ATP
Jannik Sinner surprised high seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in straight units to succeed in the Rotterdam ATP quarter-finals on Thursday whereas ninth-ranked Holger Rune was knocked out by world quantity 160 Gijs Brouwer.
Italian 21-year-old Sinner, ranked 14 in the world and recent from his Montpellier title final weekend, got here by way of 6-4, 6-3.
It was solely his second win over world quantity three Tsitsipas in seven conferences and avenged a five-set loss to the Greek participant in the last-16 on the Australian Open final month.
Sinner will face Swiss veteran and three-time main winner Stan Wawrinka for a spot in the semi-finals.
Highly-regarded 19-year-old Rune was trailing American-born Dutchman Brouwer 6-4, 4-0 when he give up their second spherical tie.
Rune retired after a medical timeout failed to repair his bodily issues.
Brouwer will face compatriot Tallon Griekspoor in Friday’s quarter-finals.
Defending champion Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada eased previous Gregoire Barrere to succeed in the final eight.
The 22-year-old from Montreal dispatched the final French participant standing 6-4, 6-3 to arrange a gathering with sixth seed Daniil Medvedev, who beat Botic van de Zandschulp 6-2, 6-2, saving all six break factors he confronted.
Number three seed Auger-Aliassime secured his place in the final eight on the again of a stable first service, firing 9 aces.
Medvedev will likely be favorite to win their encounter having received all of his 4 conferences with the Canadian, with all however one going the gap.
“Felix is a high participant. He received right here final 12 months and performed wonderful on the finish of final 12 months. Looking ahead to a troublesome match and hopefully I will be at my finest,” said Medvedev.
Australia’s Alex de Minaur, who upset second seed Andrey Rublev in straight sets on Wednesday, plays Grigor Dimitrov in Friday’s other quarter-final.
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