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CHEERED ON by a crowd of child hood mates, Valentin Vacherot (pic) walked a third-set tightrope in his home-town tourney before beating Alex de Minaur 6-4, 3-6, 6 3 yesterday to gatecrash the semi finals at the Monte Carlo Open. The unseeded Monegasque, born a stone’s throw from the tournament venue in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin and play ing at “my club”, joined the top three seeds in the semifinals. He will face top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz overnight. World No. 2 Jannik Sinner plays Alex Zverev. “That sounds amazing,” said Vacherot. “Such an honour for me to be part of the semifinals with the three best in the world over the last few years.” Alcaraz and Sinner both cruised through with straight-sets wins earlier on Friday. Alcaraz extended his clay-court run of victories to 16 as he crushed Alexander Bublik 6-3, 6-0. Sinner extended his win ning run at Masters 1000 events to 20 matches as he brushed aside Felix Auger Aliassime 6-3, 6-4. Zverev bat tled past Brazilian teenager Joao Fonseca 7-5, 6-7 (3-7), 6-3. Vacherot ended the day by giving his fans a roller-coaster ride. He started by racing 4-1 ahead against fifth-seed De Minaur but allowed the Australian to level before breaking in the 10th game to take the first set. De Minaur broke twice to take the second set. The Monegasque

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three and then a fourth, before holding. “I know myself, unhappily I do this so often, I drop a bit at the start of the game, then I recover, even from 0-40, thanks to my serve,” said Vacherot. Vacherot galloped to two match points in the next game. De Minaur saved both with drop shots that crept over the net. When the Australian tried the trick again, Vacherot anticipated to earn a third match point which he took with a blazing forehand. Roared on by the crowd all evening, Vacherot planted his feet tilted his head and roared back. “All the guys up there chant ing are all my best friends from when I was nine, 10 years old,” he said. “It is rare for a player to have this chance. “I am so lucky to have a tournament in my club. I can name 1,000 faces in the crowd.” – AFP Teen sensation Vaibhav power Rajasthan FIFTEEN YEAR OLD Vaibhav Sooryavanshi tore the Royal Challengers Bengaluru bowling to shreds as he equalled his own record for the fastest fifty of this season’s IPL, powering unbeaten Rajasthan Royals to a fourth successive victory yesterday. Vaibhav raced to his half-century from just 15 deliveries, hammering eight fours and seven towering sixes during his 26 ball 78. He also hit a 15-ball fifty in the Royals’ opener against Chennai Super Kings “Everyone loves him and loves having him around,” said Rajasthan skipper Riyan Parag. “He is still a kid. And he loves bat ting.” The teen prodigy found an able ally in Dhruv Jurel at the ACA Stadium, helping Rajasthan make light work of Bengaluru’s competitive 201-8. That score represented a huge recovery orchestrated by skipper Rajat Patidar after the defending champi ons slumped to 125-7 in 14 overs. After dispatching the experienced Bhuvneshwar Kumar for two fours in the first over of the chase, the left-handed Vaibhav laid into Josh Hazlewood, the Australian fast bowler who was playing his first game of the season. Sooryavanshi took three fours and a six off Hazlewood’s second over, making sure Rajasthan did not suffer from the loss of Yashasvi Jaiswal, his opening partner, with 21 on the board. “I just try to replicate what I do in prac tice and try not to do extra. I back my natu ral game,” said Vaibhav. – AFP

grabbed the third set initiative with a fifth-game break but almost handed it straight back

before saving a break point in the next game. On Vacherot’s next service game, De Minaur raced to a 0

40 lead, but cheered on by the crowd, Vachero t saved all

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