Czech Jiri Lehecka progressed to the semifinals of the Madrid Open on Thursday after world quantity 4 Daniil Medvedev give up the match with a groin downside after dropping the primary set.
Third seed Medvedev requested a medical outing whereas main 3-2 and continued to visibly wrestle to maneuver after coming again onto the courtroom.
Lehecka, who knocked out Rafa Nadal within the final 16, then broke Medvedev to take a 4-5 lead and took the set 6-4 earlier than Medvedev advised the umpire he couldn’t proceed the match.
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Lehecka will face Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime within the semi-finals on Friday.
The 23-year-old Canadian was as a result of face prime seed Jannik Sinner within the quarterfinals however the Italian pulled out from the event with a proper hip harm on Wednesday.
Russian seventh seed Andrey Rublev will play Taylor Fritz, seeded twelfth, within the different semi-final.