Field Level Media
17 Apr 2026, 23:25 GMT+10
(Photo credit: Mike Frey-Imagn Images)
Unseeded Slovakian qualifier Alex Molcan continued his strong run in Munich on Friday and joined three top seeds in the semifinals at the BMW Open.
Molcan defeated Canadian Denis Shapovalov 6-4, 6-4 in 78 minutes in the quarterfinals of the ATP 500 clay-court tournament. Up next is No. 2 seed Ben Shelton, who outlasted Brazil's Joao Fonseca 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.
Saturday's other semifinal pits No. 1 seed Alexander Zverev of Germany and No. 4 Flavio Cobolli of Italy. Zverev rallied for a 5-7, 6-0, 6-2 win against No. 5 Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina, while Cobolli cruised to a 6-3, 6-2 win over Vit Kopriva of the Czech Republic.
Barcelona Open
Spanish wild card Rafael Jodar roared into the semifinals with a 6-3, 6-2 victory against No. 7 seed Cameron Norrie of Great Britain in just 69 minutes.
Jodar advanced to face ninth-seeded Frenchman Arthur Fils, who earned a 6-3, 6-4 upset of No. 2 seed Lorenzo Musetti of Italy in the quarterfinals of the ATP 500 clay-court event.
No. 5 seed Andrey Rublev and Serbian qualifier Hamad Medjedovic will meet in the other semifinal. Rublev rolled to a 6-4, 6-3 win against Czech Tomas Machac and Medjedovic took care of Portugal's Nuno Borges, 7-6 (6), 6-2.
--Field Level Media
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