Atlanta Open: Rinderknech books spot in semi-finals
Arthur Rinderknech beat Mattia Bellucci 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-1 on Saturday night. He’ll face Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka in the next round
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Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech moved into the semi-finals of the Atlanta Open by winning against Italian qualifier Mattia Bellucci 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-1 at the Atlanta Athletic Club on Saturday night.
Rinderknech, ranked No 64, will face Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka next.
Ahead of his victory, the Frenchman beat American lucky loser J.J. Wolf (6-3, 6-2) and Australian lucky loser Adam Walton (7-6 (4), 6-3).
Bellucci, ranked No 146, benefited from the abandonment of Australian Aleksandar Vukic (1-6, 6-4, 3-1) and won against Frenchman Adrian Mannarino, the second seed (7-6 (6), 4-6, 6-3) earlier in the tournament.
Atlanta ATP 250, other last eight results (Atlanta Athletic Club, hard, USD 756.020, most recent results first):
- Yoshihito Nishioka beat Frances Tiafoe (3): 7-6 (2), 6-2
- Juncheng Shang (Q) beat Max Purcell (8): 7-6 (3), 6-4
- Jordan Thompson (4) beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (5): 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-3
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