Top-seeded Holger Rune advances to Munich semifinals

The Danish teenager has comfortably reached the semifinals of the BMW Open with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Cristian Garin.



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Danish teenager Holger Rune comfortably reached the semifinals of the BMW Open with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Chilean player Cristian Garin on Friday.

The top-seeded Rune, who is a career-high No. 7 in the rankings, needed just 1 hour, 31 minutes to advance to a meeting with Christopher O'Connell, who overcame Italian qualifier Flavio Cobolli 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-3 to reach his second tour-level semifinal.

Two Americans were playing in the other quarterfinals later Friday.

Taylor Fritz faced Dominic Thiem of Austria, who also had to play earlier Friday to finish his suspended second-round match against Marc-Andrea Huesler. Thiem won 5-7, 6-4, 6-4.

Marcos Giron was playing Dutch player Botic van de Zandschulp.

MUNICH, GERMANY - APRIL 21: Holger Rune of Denmark reacts during his quarter final match against Cristian Garin of Chile during day seven of the BMW Open by American Express at MTTC IPHITOS on April 21, 2023 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Sebastian Widmann/Getty Images for BMW )
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