Stuttgart Open: Struff holds off Gasquet to book spot in last four
Jan-Lennard Struff won against Richard Gasquet 6-4, 7-5 on Friday evening and will play Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 4 seed, in the next round
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German Jan-Lennard Struff beat Frenchman Richard Gasquet 6-4, 7-5 to move into the semi-finals of the Stuttgart Open at Tennis Club Weissenhof on Friday evening.
Struff, ranked No 24, will face Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 4 seed, next.
Earlier in the tournament, the 33-year-old German won against Chinese Zhizhen Zhang (6-1, 6-4) and American Tommy Paul, the No 5 seed (7-6 (4), 7-6 (5)).
Gasquet, ranked No 55, defeated American qualifier Christopher Eubanks (7-6 (2), 6-4) and edged out Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the top seed (7-6 (8), 2-6, 7-5) in the previous rounds of the Stuttgart tournament.
Stuttgart ATP250, other last eight results (Tennis Club Weissenhof, grass, EUR 718.410, most recent results first):
- Hubert Hurkacz beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-4, 6-4
- Marton Fucsovics (Q) beat Taylor Fritz (2): 6-4, 7-5
- Frances Tiafoe (3) beat Lorenzo Musetti: 6-7 (6), 7-6 (4), 6-2
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