Mallorca Championships presented by Waterdrop—Mallorca, Spain
Tabilo Reaches Mallorca Semifinals
Inform Chilian Alejandro Tabilo reached his fifth semifinal of the season on Thursday in Mallorca, Spain, defeating talented Czech Jakub Mensik 6-4, 6-4.
Needing one hour and 30 minutes to advance, Tabilo hit six aces, won 78 percent of his first serve points and broke serve on three occasions.
Improving to 23-12 on the season, Tabilo will next face either Gael Monfils or Roberto Bautista Agut for a place in the finals.
Still to come on Thursday, Alex Michelsen will take on Sebastian Ofner and top seed Ben Shelton will face Paul Jubb.
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Rothesay International—London, Great Britain
Harris Advances in Eastbourne
British wildcard Billy Harris continued his extraordinary summer on Tour on Thursday in Eastbourne, London, dismissing Flavio Cobolli 6-7(3), 7-6(4), 6-2 to reach the semifinals.
Harris, who is currently ranked No. 139 in the world, reached the quarterfinals of the Queen’s Club event in London last week.
The 29-year-old will next face Max Purcell for a place in Saturday’s final. Purcell ousted Miomir Kecmanovic later in the day.
Still to come on Thursday, top seed Taylor Fritz takes on Juncheng Shang and Aleksandar Vukic faces Yoshihito Nishioka.
On the women’s side, Leylah Annie Fernandez reached the semifinals after dispatching Harriet Dart 6-2, 6-1.
Other matches still on deck on Thursday will see Emma Raducanu, Madison Keys and Katie Boulter in action.
The Rothesay International is the final warm up event before next week’s Wimbledon Championships.
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