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Bautista Agut, Nikoloz Basilashvili set up Qatar Open final repeat

Roberto Bautista Agut set up a second successive Qatar Open final against defending champion Nikoloz Basilashivili on Friday after two contrasting semi-finals. Second seed Bautista Agut, the champion in Doha in 2019, needed almost two and a half hours to see off Russia's Karen Khachanov, 2-6, 6-3, 7-5. "I want to give a lot of credit to Karen, he was playing unbelievable," said 16th-ranked Bautista Agut who had dropped just three games in his opening wins over Andy Murray and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. "I had to fight really hard to turn the score around. It was a really tough match."

Cameron Norrie holds off Sebastian Korda to reach ATP Delray Beach semifinals

Cameron Norrie advanced to the semi-finals of the ATP Delray Beach Open on Friday by outlasting US fifth seed Sebastian Korda. Norrie, a 26-year-old left-hander, defeated Korda 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (7/4) after two hours and 19 minutes. He booked a Saturday semi-final berth against US fourth seed Tommy Paul, who ousted compatriot Stefan Kozlov 6-3, 6-1. Norrie is chasing a third career ATP title after lifting trophies at Indian Wells and Los Cabos last year. Korda broke Norrie for a 5-4 lead in the third, but Norrie broke back to level at 5-5 on the way to the decisive tie-breaker.

Stefanos Tsitsipas stunned in Marseille by 163rd-ranked Roman Safiullin

Stefanos Tsitsipas suffered an embarrassing straight sets defeat to 163rd-ranked Russian qualifier Roman Safiullin in the Marseille ATP quarter-finals on Friday. Safiullin, 24, clinched a memorable 6-4, 6-4 win over his Greek opponent who was runner-up at the French Open last year.