Alexandre Muller vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina — QF — Chengdu Open

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina is into the Chengdu Open semifinals after a quarterfinal win over Alexandre Muller. The set-by-set score was not recorded. The match statistics show the No. 2 seed holding all 10 of his service games, converting three of seven break points and winning 13 of the 19 games played. Muller saved four of the seven break points he faced and did not win a return game. Ranked ATP No. 135, Muller had lost his previous four matches on record, the most recent in July, before winning his opening two in Chengdu in straight sets. He won 52 percent of his second-serve points; Davidovich Fokina won 81 percent. The betting market had favored Davidovich Fokina at 73 percent, and the two had no prior meetings on record. Davidovich Fokina, who had no recorded match between mid-July and this tournament, next faces Nikoloz Basilashvili, then ATP No. 145.