Stockholm Open: Tsitsipas dashes home hopes with quarter-final win over Ymer
Stefanos Tsitsipas won against Mikael Ymer 7-5, 6-3 on Friday evening and will face the winner of the match between American Frances Tiafoe, the No 3 seed, and Finn Emil Ruusuvuori in the next round
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Top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Swede Mikael Ymer 7-5, 6-3 to move into the semi-finals of the Stockholm Open at the Kungliga Tennishallen on Friday evening.
Tsitsipas, ranked No 5, will face the winner of the match between American Frances Tiafoe, the No 3 seed, and Finn Emil Ruusuvuori next.
In the previous round, the Greek beat American Maxime Cressy (7-6 (5), 7-6 (12)).
Ymer, ranked No 79, defeated Frenchman Quentin Halys (5-7, 6-4, 6-3) and American Tommy Paul, the No 8 seed (6-2, 6-3) in the previous rounds.
Stockholm ATP 250, other last eight results (Kungliga Tennishallen, EUR 648.130, most recent results first):
- Frances Tiafoe vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
- Holger Rune (7) beat Cameron Norrie (2): 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-3
- Alex De Minaur (5) beat Denis Shapovalov (4): 6-2, 7-6 (4)
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