Untroubled: Boyer dealt with the tie-breaks with authority, due to his robust serve, to tug via in straight units.
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Tristan Boyer knocked out the fourth seed Dalibor Svrcina 7-6(2), 7-6(1) in the quarterfinals of the Dafa News $82,000 Delhi Open Challenger tennis at the DLTA Complex on March 1.
The 22-year-old Boyer, ranked 242 in the world, allowed his Czech opponent to combat again, as the two exchanged eight breaks of serve in the match. However, the American dealt with the tie-breaks with authority, due to his robust serve, to tug via in straight units.
In the semifinals, Boyer will play Geoffrey Blancaneaux of France. The Frenchman unleashed his energetic sport after a hesitant begin to beat qualifier Philip Sekulic of Australia 7-6(3), 6-2. The Aussie had not dropped a set in 4 matches together with two in the qualifying occasion. Moreover, Sekulic had not dropped greater than six video games in any of these matches.
Blancaneaux, who had outplayed second seed Adam Walton for the loss of three video games in the second spherical, discovered a solution to break Sekulic’s resistance and pulled via with ease after profitable the first set.
The different semifinal will probably be between Yuta Shimizu of Japan and Coleman Wong of Korea.
The outcomes: Singles: Quarterfinals: Yuta Shimizu (Jpn) bt Enrico Dalla Valle (Ita) 7-5, 7-5; Coleman Wong (Hkg) bt Tristan Schoolkate (Aus) 7-6(10), 6-3; Tristan Boyer (USA) bt Dalibor Svrcina (Cze) 7-6(2), 7-6(1); Geoffrey Blancaneaux (Fra) bt Philip Sekulic (Aus) 7-6(3), 6-2.
Doubles: Semifinals: Jakob Schnaitter & Mark Wallner (Ger) bt Ray Ho (Tpe) & Calum Puttergill (Aus) 3-6, 7-6(6), [10-5]; Piotr Matuszewski (Pol) & Matthew Romios (Aus) bt Constantin Kouzmine & Maxime Janvier (Fra) 7-6(4), 6-1.
