Russian Andrey Rublev returns a ball to Frenchman Ugo Humbert during the men’s quarterfinal match of the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament at Qizhong Forest Sports City Tennis Center in Shanghai, China, Friday, October 13, 2023. Andy Wong/AP Russian Andrey Rublev Rublev reacts after defeating France’s Ugo Humbert in the men’s singles quarterfinal match of the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament at the Qizhong Forest Sports City Tennis Center in Shanghai, China, Friday, October 13, 2023.Andy Wong/AP Russian Andrey Rublev reacts after defeating Frenchman Ugo Humbert in the men’s singles quarterfinal match of the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament at the Qizhong Forest Sports City Tennis Center in Shanghai, China, Friday, October 13, 2023. Andy Wong/AP Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov reacts after defeating Nicolas Jarry of Chile in the men’s quarterfinal match of the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament at the Qizhong Forest Sports City Tennis Center in Shanghai, China, Friday, October 13, 2023.Andy Wong/AP Chilean Nicolas Jarry reacts during the men’s singles quarterfinal match against Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov at the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament at the Qizhong Forest Sports City Tennis Center in Shanghai, China, Friday, October 13, 2023.Andy Wong/AP Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov reacts after defeating Nicolas Jarry of Chile in the men’s quarterfinal match of the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament at the Qizhong Forest Sports City Tennis Center in Shanghai, China, Friday, October 13, 2023.Andy Wong/AP Chilean Nicolas Jarry returns a ball to Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov during the men’s singles quarterfinal match of the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament at the Qizhong Forest Sports City Tennis Center in Shanghai, China, Friday, October 13, 2023.Andy Wong/AP The retired tennis player Roger Federer takes a selfie with spectators during a Federer Fan Day, a side event of the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament at the Qizhong Forest Sports City Tennis Center in Shanghai, China, Friday, October 13, 2023.Andy Wong/AP
SHANGHAI (AP) — Learning from his loss to the same opponent last month, seventh-ranked Andrey Rublev got his revenge Friday and claimed a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Ugo Humbert in the Masters quarterfinals from Shanghai.
Rublev, the tournament’s top-ranked player, never looked under pressure during the 91-minute victory, although he let slip a break advantage during the second set. The Russian player recovered to win the last four matches and advance to his sixth Masters semi-final where he will face Grigor Dimitrov.
Rublev improved to 3-2 against Humbert and said his loss to the Frenchman two weeks ago at the China Open helped him win this time.
“In the match in Beijing we both played good tennis and I had chances. I was serving for the match. He was playing very well that match and I tried to analyze what I did wrong that match,” Rublev said. “I tried not to make the same mistakes today and I did very well.”
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Dimitrov, who beat second-ranked Carlos Alcaraz in the fourth round, beat Nicolas Jarry 7-6 (2), 6-4.
Dimitrov, 18th, was in impressive form again and held off the Chilean’s surging serve to advance to the last four in Shanghai for the first time. The Bulgarian made only three unforced errors and lost only four points on his first serve.
“I think a lot of things were going in the right direction today,” Dimitrov said. “For me, he is one of the best servers around. I’ve faced him several times and I feel like each time it gets harder and harder to come back against him. In the most important moments, I was able to just be solid, nothing else.”
Jarry was playing his first Masters quarter-final.
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Sebastian Korda reached the final four of a Masters tournament for the first time on Thursday, rallying to beat Ben Shelton. Korda will face Hubert Hurkacz in the semi-final.
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