Halle: Straight sets for Kyrgios over Carreno Busta, advances to semi-finals
Nick Kyrgios beat Pablo Carreno Busta 6-4, 6-2 on Friday. He’ll play the winner of the match between Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 5 seed, and Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 4 seed, in the next round
Nick Kyrgios in action in Halle (Panoramic)
Australian wildcard Nick Kyrgios beat Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta, the No 6 seed, 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the semi-finals of Halle at the Owl Arena/Gerry-Weber-Stadion on Friday afternoon.
Kyrgios, ranked No 65, will play the winner of the match between Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 5 seed, and Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 4 seed, next.
The Australian won against German Daniel Altmaier (6-3, 7-5) and edged out Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the second seed (5-7, 6-2, 6-4) ahead of his victory.
In the previous rounds of the Halle Open, Carreno Busta, ranked No 19, won against Dane Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune (6-3, 7-6 (5)) and American Sebastian Korda (6-4, 0-6, 6-3).
Halle ATP 500, other last 8 results (Owl Arena/Gerry-Weber-Stadion, grass, EUR 2.275.275, most recent results first):
- Hubert Hurkacz vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
- Daniil Medvedev (1) beat Roberto Bautista Agut (7): 6-2, 6-4
- Oscar Otte beat Karen Khachanov (8): 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4
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