Tommy Paul won an all-American clash with Sebastian Korda on Saturday to set up a final showdown with Italy's Lorenzo Musetti at the Queen's ATP tournament in London.Korda also lost in the semi-finals at Queen's last year Musetti holds a 7-1 record on grass this year, having advanced to the semi-finals in Stuttgart last week.
Aryna Sabalenka and Ons Jabeur retired from their respective quarterfinals in the Berlin Ladies Open on Saturday. The second-seeded Sabalenka was trailing Anna Kalinskaya 5-1 at the grass-court event when she stopped playing because of shoulder pain. Jabeur had just lost a first-set tiebreaker to Coco Gauff — 7-6 (9) — when she exited with an illness.
Top-ranked Jannik Sinner reached his first grass-court final by beating Zhang Zhizhen 6-4, 7-6 (3) at the Halle Open on Saturday to set up a title match against Hubert Hurkacz. Sinner saved a set point in the second set before jumping out to a quick lead in the tiebreaker. Hurkacz fired 17 aces in his 7-6 (2), 6-4 victory over second-seeded Alexander Zverev.
Aryna Sabalenka and Ons Jabeur become the latest Wimbledon contenders to retire early from matches in the build-up to SW19.