Pramod Bhagat defeated India’s Nehal Gupta in the quarterfinals to secure his spot in the semis. The 44 minutes match was a tight one with the scoreline reading 21-18, 21-18. Now Pramod will be facing India’s Kumar Nitesh in the semifinals.
Prannoy, the sixth seed, lost a closely fought opening game to Chi Yu. But he kept his nerves and registered a victory in the second game which was as closely fought as the first
Zverev, a confident 19-year-old who had defeated top seed Casper Ruud in the quarterfinals, gave Fils little opportunity to catch his breath with a hard-hitting, big-serving performance on the German clay in their first Lexus ATP Head2Head match.