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While Félix Auger-Aliassime benefited from a couple of days off, watching his eventual semifinal opponent battle through on Thursday night, the Madrid men are finally down to the semifinals.
Auger-Aliassime hadn’t played since he defeated Casper Ruud on Tuesday night.
And in the end, he hardly had to play at all as Jiri Lehecka, who benefited from a retirement by Daniil Medvedev in the quarters, returns the favour to Auger-Aliassime at 3-3 in the first set of their semi.
And so, without further ado, the Canadian is into his first ATP 1000 final.
(Madrid is 6 hours ahead of EDT)
Location: Madrid, Spain
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Category: ATP 1000 (Joint event with the WTA Tour)
Dates: April 24 – May 5, 2024
Prize money: €9,249,713
Draws: S96 – D32
Friday, May 3, 2024
Final results
Singles, semifinals
[7] Andrey Rublev (RUS) def. [12] Taylor Fritz (USA) 64 63
Doubles, semifinals
Sebastian Korda (USA) / Jordan Thompson (AUS) def [11] Jamie Murray (GBR) / Michael Venus (NZL) 36 63 [10-8]
Ariel Behar (URU) / Adam Pavlasek (CZE) def. [2] Marcel Granollers (ESP) / Horacio Zeballos (ARG) WALKOVER