
(Photo: Bastad Open/Johan Lilji)
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The top four seeds have made it to the quarterfinals in Bastad.
And they are four top quality seeds, too: Ruud, Rublev, Musetti and Cerundolo. And all of them made it to Saturday’s semifinal
In Gstaad, it’s a bit grimmer as only No. 2 Miomir Kecmanovic and No. 4 Yannick Hanfmann made it to the final eight. And only Kecmanovic survived.
Of course, they didn’t have the same depth of field to start with.
In Newport, 18-year-old Alex Michelsen continued blazing a trail through the field, upsetting No. 4 seed Mackenzie McDonald. And on the opposite end of the extreme, 38-year-old John Isner upset No. 1 seed Tommy Paul and also is into the weekend.
Their semifinal, with a 20-year age gap, puts Djokovic-Alcaraz to shame.
(Gstaad and Bastad are six hours ahead of EDT; Newport is on EDT)
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Infosys Hall of Fame Open
Location: Newport, RI
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Grass
Dates: July 17 – 23, 2023
Prize money: $718,245
Draws: S28 – D16
Friday, July 21, 2023
Final results
Singles, quarterfinals
John Isner (USA) def [1] Tommy Paul (USA) 46 63 76 (4)
Alex Michelsen (USA) def [4] Mackenzie McDonald (USA) 63 63
Doubles semifinal
William Blumberg (USA) / Max Purcell (AUS) def Anirudh Chandrasekar / Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) 64 76 (5)
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Nordea Open
Location: Bastad, Sweden
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Clay
Dates: July 17 – 23, 2023
Prize money: €630,705
Draws: S28 – D16
Friday, July 21, 2023
Final results
Singles, quarterfinals
[1] Casper Ruud (NOR) def. Sebastian Ofner (AUT) 63 64
[2] Andrey Rublev (RUS) def [5] Alexander Zverev (GER) 62 63
[3] Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) def [Q] Filip Misolic (AUT) 46 61 62
[4] Francisco Cerundolo (ARG) def. Federico Coria (ARG) 63 63
Doubles, semifinals
Francisco Cabral (POR) / Rafael Matos (BRA) def [3] Alexander Erler / Lucas Miedler (AUT) 62 63
Gonzalo Escobar (ECU) / Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ) def [4] Andrea Vavassori / Simone Bolelli (ITA) 63 64
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EFG Swiss Open Gstaad
Location: Gstaad, Switzerland
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Clay
Dates: July 17 – 23, 2023
Prize money: €630,705
Draws: S28 – D16
Friday, July 21, 2023
Final results
Singles, quarterfinals
[Q] Hamad Medjedovic (SRB) def. [4] Yannick Hanfmann (GER) 63 63
[2] Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) def. [Q] Zizou Bergs (BEL) 64 36 75
Pedro Cachin (ARG) def Jaume Munar (ESP) 63 63
Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) def. Juan Pablo Varillas (PER) 67 (2) 61 64
Doubles, semifinals
[WC] Dominic Stricker / Stan Wawrinka (SUI) def. Roman Jebavy / Petr Nouza (CZE) 63 76 (6)
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