ATP roundup: Stefanos Tsitsipas upset in Marseille quarters

Russian qualifier Roman Safiullin took down No. 1 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece 6-4, 6-4, Friday in the quarterfinals of the Open 13 Provence in Marseille, France.

It was Safiullin's first time playing an ATP Tour quarterfinal and his first time facing Tsitsipas, the fourth-ranked player in the world. Tsitsipas saved five break points in the first game of the second set and saved four more in the third game, but Safiullin finally broke his serve to go up 2-1 and never trailed again.

In the semifinals, Safiullin will face Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime. The No. 3 seed was a 6-3, 6-4 winner over Belarusian No. 5 seed Ilya Ivashka in the quarters. Auger-Aliassime won his first career ATP title last week in the Netherlands, beating Tsitsipas in the final.

Second-seeded Andrey Rublev of Russia needed three sets to dispatch French wild card Lucas Pouille 6-3, 1-6, 6-2. He will advance to face another Frenchman, No. 9 seed Benjamin Bonzi, who upset Russian fourth seed Aslan Karatsev 6-1, 6-3.

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No. 2 seed Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain will meet No. 3 seed Nikoloz Basilashvili of Georgia in the finals in Doha, Qatar, after each player won his semifinal matchup on Friday.

Bautista Agut used two hours and 26 minutes to defeat Russian sixth seed Karen Khachanov 2-6, 6-3, 7-5. Khachanov served up 17 aces to Bautista Agut's two, but the Spaniard saved 10 of 12 break points to fend off his challenger.Basilashvili beat France's Arthur Rinderknech 6-4, 6-2, one day after Rinderknech upset the top seed in the draw, Canada's Denis Shapovalov. Basilashvili won 27 of his 32 first-service points (84.4 percent), converted three of four break-point opportunities and saved both break points he faced.

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