Winston-Salem Open: Top seed Coric reaches semi-finals, plays Baez next

Croat Borna Coric, the top seed, reached the last 4 of the Winston-Salem Open by winning against Argentinian Juan Manuel Cerundolo 6-3, 6-1 at Wake Forest Tennis Complex.

Coric, ranked No 29, will play Argentinian Sebastian Baez, the No 6 seed, next.

Earlier in the tournament, the Croat defeated Australian Rinky Hijikata (6-2, 7-6 (2)) and American wildcard Michael Mmoh (6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-3).

Cerundolo, ranked No 100, beat Russian Roman Safiullin (7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-3), German Yannick Hanfmann, the No 10 seed (7-6 (3), 5-7, 7-6 (4)) and American lucky loser Omni Kumar (7-5, 6-3) in the previous rounds of the Winston-Salem tournament.

Winston-Salem ATP250, other last eight results (Wake Forest Tennis Complex, hard, USD 760.930, most recent results first):

• Sebastian Baez beat Laslo Djere (4): 6-3, 6-0
• Jiri Lehecka (5) beat Max Purcell: 7-6 (4), 6-4
• Sebastian Korda (3) beat Richard Gasquet (12): 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7)