Cobolli defeats Auger-Aliassime to reach French Open semifinals
Tenth-seeded Flavio Cobolli beat fourth-seeded Felix Auger-Aliassime in four sets on Wednesday. He will face Matteo Arnaldi in an all-Italian semifinal on Friday.
France 24Tenth-seeded Flavio Cobolli defeated fourth-seeded Felix Auger-Aliassime 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 in the men's quarterfinals at the French Open on Wednesday. Cobolli will face fellow Italian Matteo Arnaldi on Friday. Arnaldi advanced when Matteo Berrettini retired with a left hip injury while leading 7-5, 5-2.
The match took place on a windy day inside Court Philippe Chatrier.
Auger-Aliassime won the opening set after an overhead error on the first point. Cobolli left the court after the first set to regain composure. He said he went to the locker room to think and told himself to fight because it was the chance of his life.
Cobolli and Arnaldi will each play in their first Grand Slam semifinal. Cobolli has dropped just two sets in five matches. He will enter the top 10 of the rankings for the first time next week regardless of the semifinal result. " — Flavio Cobolli (ESPN) Cobolli said he has followed the same routine after every match this week, including the same restaurant and the same shower in the locker room once used by Rafael Nadal.
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