But the Wimbledon champion kept his composure and broke Purcell to love in the ninth game before sealing the affair in the next game with an ace and a smile. The win set up a semi-final with Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz, who sent over 10 aces and never faced a break to get past Australian lucky loser Alexei Popyrin 6-1 7-6(8). Hurkacz, who lost to Alcaraz in the last 16 in Toronto earlier this month, won the first five games in the 26-minute first set, where he only dropped one first-serve point. He squandered a 6-1 lead in the tiebreak but held on to reach the fifth Masters 1000 semi-final of his career. Capping the evening’s programme, second seed Djokovic converted on all five break point opportunities to flummox Fritz in a clinical performance, sending over 13 winners while making few mistakes. He needed only 21 minutes to cruise through his opening set against an increasingly frustrated Fritz, who struggled in virtually every aspect of his game as he put up a trio of double faults with a malfunctioning serve. The Serbian closed out the affair in about an hour, breaking Fritz’s serve in the 10th game with a crosscourt forehand shot that the American was unable to return. He next faces German number 16 seed Alexander Zverev, who never faced a break point as he comfortably beat France’s Adrian Mannarino 6-2 6-3 early in the day.
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