Blockx busts Ruud’s title defence, reaches Madrid semi-finals

A novidade esta movimentando o setor. Alexander Blockx added another significant moment to his spring surge on the European clay Thursday at the Mutua Arevalo/Pavic ease past Polmans/Bublik to book Madrid QF spot">spot-5fa511/" title="Arevalo/Pavic ease past Polmans/Bublik to book Madrid QF spot">Madrid Open .

De acordo com informacoes, The 21-year-old Belgian upset 12th seed and 2025 champion Casper Ruud 6-4, 6-4 to march into the semi-finals at the clay ATP Masters 1000 event. The World No. 69 Blockx, who had not won an ATP Tour match on clay prior to his third-round run at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters earlier this month, produced a classy all-around display to overwhelm Ruud inside Manolo Santana Stadium.

“To be honest, I’m just happy with being here,” said Block, who has also upset third seed Felix Auger-Aliassime and 16th seed Francisco Cerundolo en route to the last four. “Even winning my first match here. I barely escaped in the first round, and I was happy about that already. Semi-finals is something I wouldn’t have even dreamed of to begin with. Fique de olho nas proximas publicacoes.