MUNICH (AP) — Danish teenager Holger Rune comfortably reached the semifinals of the BMW Open in beating Chilean player Cristian Garin 6-2, 6-4 on Friday.
The top-seeded Rune, at a career-high No. 7 in the rankings, advanced to a meeting with Christopher O’Connell, who overcame Italian qualifier Flavio Cobolli 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-3 to achieve his second career semifinal.
Second-seeded Taylor Fritz will play Dutch player Botic van de Zandschulp in the other semi.
Fritz defeated Dominic Thiem of Austria 6-3, 6-4 in their quarterfinal. Thiem also had to play earlier Friday to finish his suspended second-round match against Marc-Andrea Huesler. Thiem won that match 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 before joking “it was a great warmup, little bit longer than usual.”
Van de Zandschulp defeated American player Marcos Giron 7-6 (5), 6-3.