UTS Saturday recap: Tsitsipas leads semifinal lineup

The last day of round-robin matches at the Ultimate Tennis Showdown in Nice, France saw Stefanos Tsitsipas clinch the top spot on the leaderboard. The Greek, along with Richard Gasquet, Matteo Berretini and David Goffin, had already punched his ticket to the semifinals but Saturday’s results determined the order of the Top 4 spots.

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No. 1 Tsitsipas took out No. 4 Goffin, 18-12, 16-13, 14-11, 22-11, to maintain his top standing. The two will square off on Sunday for a ticket to the final.

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Corentin Moutet survived sudden death to get past Holger Rune, 13-12, 17-12, 8-20, 7-15, 3-2, albeit it was a dead rubber.

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In another dead rubber, Dustin Brown battled past Alexei Popyrin, 21-10, 13-19, 15-17, 18-11, 4-2.

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No. 2 Gasquet, who will face No. 3 Berrettini in the other semifinal, defeated Benoit Paire, 19-9, 13-17, 18-13, 19-10.

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Feliciano Lopez overcame Elliot Benchetrit, 16-13, 14-11, 14-13, 11-16, to secure the No. 3 spot.

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