Sport picks Andrei Rublev in the semifinals without playing a minute
Defending champion Andrei Rublev (Russia) advanced to the semifinals of the Doha (Qatar) hard court tennis tournament with a prize pool of $ 788, 000. Rublev number 3 was supposed to play against Marton Fuchovich, but the Hungarian gave up due to back pain. Curiously, the Russian reached the top 4 of the race without a single match played. He rested in the first round, and in the second he also won after the refusal of the Frenchman Richard Gasquet due to a leg injury. Thus, for the first time in the history of ATP after 1990, a tennis player won two consecutive matches in one tournament mentioned by soccer livescore after the withdrawal of his rivals. Rublev expects the winner of the match between the leader in the scheme Dominique Thiem (Austria) and the fifth placed Roberto Bautista Agut (Spain). Taylor Fritz (USA) also reached the semifinals amid success over number 4 Denis Shapovalov (Canada) with 5:7, 6:3, 7:5 in just over two hours. Shapovalov, who made his debut in the race, took the first set with a late break, but in the second half the American pulled with 3:0 and kept his advantage to equalize. In the third set, Fritz made an early break again and served for the victory at 5:4. He squandered two matchballs and allowed an equalizer for 5:5, but then took two consecutive games, and triumphed behind. The American will meet the winner of the match between No. 2 Roger Federer (Switzerland) and Nikoloz Basilashvili (Georgia) for a place in the final.
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