Hamburg Open: Rublev survives scare against Darderi, into last four

Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 3 seed, reached the semi-finals of the Hamburg Open by winning against Italian Luciano Darderi 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 at Tennis Stadion.

Rublev, ranked No 17, will play the winner of the match between Frenchman Alexandre Muller and Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 6 seed, next.

Ahead of his victory, the Russian beat Bosnian Damir Dzumhur (6-4, 6-3) and German wildcard Justin Engel (6-3, 7-5).

Darderi, ranked No 45, won against German wildcard Diego Dedura-Palomero (6-1, 6-4) and American Brandon Nakashima, the No 7 seed (7-5, 6-7 (7), 6-2) in the previous rounds of the Hamburg tournament.

Hamburg ATP 500, other last-eight results (Tennis Stadion, clay, EUR 2.158.560, most recent results first):

• Alexandre Muller vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
• Flavio Cobolli beat Roberto Bautista Agut: 7-6 (4), 6-0
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Jiri Lehecka: 7-5, 6-3