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No. 5 seed Alex de Minaur of Australia smashed 10 aces, saved five of six break points and knocked out No. 2 seed Andrey Rublev of Russia 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-3 in a quarterfinal showdown at the ABN AMRO Open on Friday in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
While he committed twice as many unforced errors as Rublev (22 to 11), de Minaur still controlled most aspects of the match. Down 4-2 in the first-set tiebreaker, he ran off four straight points before winning his second set point. In the third set, he won 17 of 22 first-serve points and saved all three break points he faced.
The Australian will play No. 6 seed Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria in the semifinals after Dimitrov outlasted Kazakhstan's Alexander Shevchenko 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-4.
Top-seeded Italian Jannik Sinner won his 200th career tour-level match when Canadian opponent Milos Raonic retired due to a right hip injury, down 7-6 (4), 1-1. Sinner's opponent will be Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor, a 7-5, 7-6 (4) victor over Finland's Emil Ruusuvuori.
