10:43 PM ET Associated Press WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Ilya Ivashka, Emil Ruusuvuori and Mikael Ymer all took down seeded opponents including No. 1 Pablo Carreno Busta on Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Winston-Salem Open. Ivashka beat Carreno Busta 7-6 (2), 6-3, upending the worlds 12th-ranked player. That sent the 27-year-old from Belarus into Fridays semifinals to face Russuvuori, a 22-year-old from Finland who beat 14th-seeded Richard Gasquet 7-6 (5), 6-1. The winner of that semifinal will reach his first ATP Tour hard-court final. Ymer followed by beating 13th-seeded Frances Tiafoe 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-3 in the first night quarterfinal. Hell face the winner of the Carlos AlcarazMarcos Giron match in Fridays semifinals. Ivashka, ranked No. 63 in the world, twice converted break-point opportunities while holding serve throughout the match against Carreno Busta, a US Open semifinalist in 2017. Ruusuvuori beat Gasquet a three-time Grand Slam semifinalist to claim his fourth straight-set win in five tournament matches. Ymers win came after he broke Tiafoes serve three times in the third set, ending the 23-year-old Americans run that had included a second-round win against Andy Murray. The hard-court tournament is a tuneup for the US Open, the years last Grand Slam tournament, which starts Monday in New York. The post Ivashka ousts Carreno Busta in Winston-Salem appeared first on Patabook Sports.
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