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Overview
- Fils beat Thiago Agustín Tirante 6-3, 6-2 on Thursday to reach the semi-finals of the Cincinnati Masters 1000.
- He had earlier defeated Alex de Minaur in straight sets to reach the quarters, a victory that marked his fifth Masters 1000 quarter-final this season and equalled Jo-Wilfried Tsonga’s French seasonal mark.
- Fils is the first French player since Guy Forget in 1991 to record three Masters 1000 semi-final appearances in one season, having also reached the last four at Miami and Madrid.
- The 21st-ranked player is scheduled to face Italy’s Flavio Cobolli in the Cincinnati semi-final on the evening of August 22, with the match due to be broadcast live on Eurosport 1.
- Tirante had been a surprise run for the tournament after ousting Novak Djokovic in the second round, and Fils’s strong form follows a return from earlier injury problems that forced him out of Roland-Garros.