Rune ends Draper's Cincinnati run in quarter-finals

Jack Draper's tally astatine nan Cincinnati Open ended successful nan quarter-finals arsenic he was beaten successful consecutive sets by Denmark's Holger Rune.

The British number 1 had travel from a group down to triumph his previous 2 matches, but nan 22-year-old was incapable to repetition nan feat against nan 15th seed.

Rune won 6-4 6-2 aft taking his chance connected nan only break constituent of nan first set, which put him 3-2 up.

The Dane collapsed again astatine nan commencement of nan 2nd group and saved 3 break points, seizing his only different opportunity connected Draper's service successful nan 11th crippled earlier serving retired for victory.

Rune, 21, will play Frances Tiafoe successful nan past 4 aft Hubert Hurkacz retired from their quarter-final because of a calf wounded aft losing nan first set.

Top seed Jannick Sinner of Italy avenged last week's conclusion by Andrey Rublev successful Montreal, winning 4-6 7-5 6-4 to group up a semi-final against Alexander Zverev, who hit Ben Shelton 3-6 7-6 7-5.

The women's world number 1 Iga Swiatek of Poland hit Mirra Andreeva 4-6 6-3 7-5 and will adjacent look 3rd seed Aryna Sabalenka, who hit Liudmila Samsonova 6-3 6-3.

Home dream Jessica Pegula saw disconnected nan situation of Leylah Fernandez 7-5 6-7 7-6 and will meet Paula Badosa, who cruised to a 6-3 6-2 triumph against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.