Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime was eliminated from the Shanghai Masters tournament on Friday.
The Montreal native was beaten in the quarterfinals by Arthur Rinderknech of France in straight sets (6-3, 6-4).
Auger-Aliassime fired eight aces in the match but was unable to convert any of the three break-point chances he had against his opponent, who was a perfect 2-for-2.
Rinderknech will face the winner of the quarterfinal between Russia’s Daniil Medvedev and Australian Alex de Minaur, which was set to take place later Friday.
Serbia’s Novak Djokovic faces Poland’s Valentin Vacherot in the other semifinal matchup.
Sabalenka reaches semis in Wuhan
Aryna Sabalenka extended her winning streak at Wuhan to 20 matches with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over eighth-seeded Elena Rybakina on Friday to reach the semifinals of the WTA 1000-level tournament.
The U.S. Open champion won the Wuhan Open title in 2018, ’19 and again last year on her return to the Chinese city.
Top-ranked Sabalenka broke Rybakina’s serve three times in the 1-hour, 25-minute match to advance into the semifinals for the 11th time this season, and then waved and blew kisses to the crowd.
“We have a really huge history against each other,” Sabalenka said in her on-court interview. “Always great battles … [Rybakina] always pushes me to the limit to get the win.”
She’ll next play sixth-deed Jessica Pegula, who earlier Friday went to a third set for a seventh consecutive match. She dropped the first set against Katerina Siniakova before reeling through the next two for a 2-6, 6-0, 6-3 victory.
Pegula is coming off wins over No. 9 Ekaterina Alexandrova and fellow American Hailey Baptiste, when she needed seven match points to clinch the win.
In the other quarterfinals, No. 2-ranked Iga Swiatek was playing Jasmine Paolini and No. 3 Coco Gauff was scheduled to meet Laura Siegemund.
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