Sebastian Korda reached his second ATP Tour semi-final of the season on Friday on the Libema Open, the place he defeated fellow American Tommy Paul 6-4, 6-2.
The 23-year-old produced a dominant show on the lawns in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the place he struck 18 winners and gained 84 per cent (27/32) of his first-serve factors in line with ATP Infosys Stats to earn victory after 67 minutes.
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Along with his 18th tour-level win of the season, Korda improved his spectacular Lexus ATP Head2Head report in opposition to Paul to 4-1, with this their first assembly on grass.
Korda, who additionally superior to the final 4 on grass on the Queen’s Membership in 2023, is chasing his first ATP Tour title since 2021, when he gained his maiden trophy at this degree in Parma. The seventh seed will play defending champion Tallon Griekspoor after the sixth-seeded Dutchman clawed previous Aleksandar Vukic 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(4) to achieve the semi-finals.
Griekspoor has gained his previous eight matches on the ATP 250, having lifted his second tour-level trophy on the occasion final. Earlier this season, the No. 23 within the PIF ATP Rankings additionally reached the semi-finals on residence soil in Rotterdam.
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