Field Level Media
08 Feb 2020, 10:10 GMT+10
Second-seeded Ricardas Berankis of Lithuania survived a three-set match Friday to advance to the semifinals of the Tata Open Maharashtra in Pune, India.
Berankis beat fifth-seeded Yuichi Sugita of Japan 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2 in a 2-hour, 16-minute quarterfinal. In search of the second ATP Tour title of his career, and first since 2015, Berankis will face off Saturday with Jiri Vesely of the Czech Republic, who eked out a 2-6, 6-1, 7-6 (11) quarterfinal decision against Ilya Ivashka of Belarus.
Vesely saved two match points before prevailing on his fifth match point.
The other semifinal will feature eighth-seeded Egor Gerasimov of Belarus and sixth-seeded James Duckworth of Australia. Gerasimov downed fourth-seeded Soonwoo Kwon of South Korea 4-6, 7-6 (1), 6-4, and Duckworth topped Italian qualifier Roberto Marcora 6-3, 7-6 (4).
Cordoba Open
Top-seeded Diego Schwartzman started and finished with a flourish to beat fifth-seeded Albert Ramos-Vinolas of Spain 6-0, 7-6 (0) in the quarterfinals at Cordoba, Argentina.
Schwartzman swept the first set in 29 minutes. Neither player broke serve in the second set before Schwarzman overpowered Ramos-Vinolas in the tiebreaker.
In the semifinals, Schwartzman will oppose fourth-seeded Laslo Djere of Serbia, who edged eighth-seeded Juan Ignacio Londero of Argentina 6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-6 (5).
Third-seeded Cristian Garin of Chile, a 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 winner over sixth-seeded Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay, and Slovakia's Andrej Martin, a 6-3, 6-2 victor against France's Corentin Moutet, will square off in the other semifinal.
Open Sud de France
The top two seeds advanced to the semifinals in Montpellier, France, with straight-set wins.
France's Gael Monfils, the No. 1 seed, dispatched Slovakia's Norbert Gombos 6-3, 6-4. Belgium's David Goffin, the second set, dumped France's Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-4, 7-6 (5).
Seventh-seeded Filip Krajinovic of Serbia beat France's Gregoire Barrere 6-2, 7-5 to earn a semifinal matchup with Monfils. Canada's Vasek Pospisil advanced when France's Richard Gasquet retired due to abdominal pain while trailing 6-1, 1-0. Gasquet and Goffin will square off in the semifinals.
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