Rublev rounds out semi-finals in Bastad

Russian Andrey Rublev, the second seed, defeated Serb Laslo Djere 7-5, 6-4 to move into the last four of the Nordea Open at the Båstads tennisstadion in Bastad on Friday evening.

Rublev, ranked No 8, will play Argentinian Sebastian Baez, the No 8 seed, next. The 24-year-old improves to 31-9 on the season, and remains a perfect 10-0 at 250-level tournaments this season.

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Ahead of his victory, the Russian edged out Argentinian Federico Coria (7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (2)).

Djere, ranked No 53, won against Italian wildcard Lorenzo Musetti (6-3, 7-5) and Swiss qualifier Marc-Andrea Huesler (7-5, 6-2) in the previous rounds of the Bastad.

Bastad ATP 250, other quarter-finals results (Båstads tennisstadion, clay, EUR 597.900, most recent results first):

• Sebastian Baez beat Dominic Thiem: 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-4
• Pablo Carreno Busta (5) beat Diego Schwartzman (3): 6-1, 6-0
• Francisco Cerundolo beat Aslan Karatsev: 7-5, 6-1

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