{"id":22402,"date":"2024-02-29T17:43:38","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T22:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/daniil-medvedev-andrey-rublev-advance-to-dubai-semifinals\/29\/02\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-02-29T17:43:38","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T22:43:38","slug":"daniil-medvedev-andrey-rublev-advance-to-dubai-semifinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/daniil-medvedev-andrey-rublev-advance-to-dubai-semifinals\/29\/02\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev advance to Dubai semifinals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Daniil Medvedev<\/a> and Andrey Rublev<\/a> stayed on course toward a potential rematch for the title at the Dubai Championships after the Russian players won their quarterfinal matches Thursday.<\/p>\n

Medvedev, the defending champion and No. 1 seed, defeated eighth-seeded Alejandro Davidovich Fokina<\/a> 6-2, 6-3 to set up a semifinal against fifth-seeded Ugo Humbert<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The second-seeded Rublev advanced when Sebastian Korda<\/a> retired with an unspecified injury. Rublev was up 6-4, 4-3 at the time.<\/p>\n

Rublev will face seventh-seeded Alexander Bublik<\/a>, who reached the last four after his Czech opponent Jiri Lehecka<\/a> also retired with an injury. The big-serving Bublik was leading 6-4, 4-1.<\/p>\n

One year ago, Medvedev defeated Rublev 6-2, 6-2 in the all-Russian final at the hard-court tournament. The 2021 US Open champion has 20 singles titles — 18 on hard courts — but has never won the same event twice.<\/p>\n

Humbert advanced by beating third-seeded Hubert Hurkacz<\/a> 3-6, 7-6 (8), 6-3 in the last match of the evening. The French player saved three match points in the second-set tiebreaker en route to his second win over Hurkacz since losing to him at the Australian Open in January.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev stayed on course toward a potential rematch for the title at the