The dream run of Terence Atmane continues in Cincinnati.
Atmane surged previous World No.9 Holger Rune on Thursday evening for his second straight High-10 win, to guide a spot in his first profession Masters semifinal.
“I don’t assume that any phrases can describe how I really feel proper now,” Atmane stated. “It’s fairly insane to be trustworthy. Being right here within the semifinals of a Masters 1000, breaking into the High-100 and even [higher] with the win tonight.
“It’s additionally some huge cash for me so it’s going to be very useful for my profession, so it means rather a lot to me. I’m very emotional about it.”
The French southpaw was dominant from begin to end as he took a 6-2, 6-3 victory to change into the primary qualifier to succeed in the ultimate 4 in Cincinnati since Alexandr Dolgopolov in 2015.
Atmane, who has defeated Yoshihito Nishioka, Flavio Cobolli, Joao Fonseca, Taylor Fritz and Rune in his greatest ever event, is as much as No.69 within the reside rankings after beginning the week at No.136.
He gained 28 of 33 first-serve factors and set the tone early by battling by way of an eight-deuce sport to transform his fifth break level of the sport for 3-1 in set one. It was all of the wiggle room he would wish.
Atmane was damaged within the first sport of the second set however broke again for 2-2, then he moved forward with a break for 5-3 earlier than serving out the match in a single hour and 13 minutes.
Atmane is now the eighth lowest-ranked participant to succeed in a Masters 1000 semifinal.
He’ll face World No.1 Jannik Sinner within the semifinals.
