Hamburg Open 2025: Rublev moves past Darderi into semifinals
Third seed Andrey Rublev reached the semifinals of the Hamburg Open for the third time on Thursday after he beat Italy's Luciano Darderi 6-1, 3-6, 6-3.
Rublev, the world number 17, broke Darderi twice to claim the first set in 33 minutes.
Darderi won the second set but was broken in just the second game of the third as the Russian took control before closing out the match.
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Rublev won on the Hamburg clay in 2020, having lost in the final in 2019.
Inching closer to the 🏆@AndreyRublev97 overcomes Darderi 6-1 3-6 6-3 and is into the semi-finals in Hamburg!@hamburgopenatppic.twitter.com/6Jr1q0vFHD — Tennis TV (@TennisTV) May 22, 2025
Earlier on Thursday, Italian Flavio Cobolli beat Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut 7-6(4), 6-0 and Argentine Tomas Etcheverry moved past Czech Jiri Lehecka 7-5, 6-3.
Etcheverry will face Cobolli in the semifinals on Friday while Rublev will take on the winner of the last quarterfinal between sixth seed Felix Auger-Aliassime and Alexandre Muller.
On Wednesday, Muller eliminated number one seed Alexander Zverev.
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