Tennis

Cilic, Del Petro win at Swiss Indoors, will meet in semis

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 9:05 p.m. ET

BASEL, Switzerland (AP) Marin Cilic and Juan Martin del Potro will face each other in the Swiss Indoors semifinals after both were tested in three-set wins on Friday.

Second-seeded Cilic was on court for more than three hours to beat 100th-ranked qualifier Marton Fucsovics of Hungary 7-6 (3), 5-7, 7-6 (4).

Cilic, the defending champion at Basel, clinched the quarterfinal with a delicate sliced backhand volley for a winner.

Fourth-seeded Del Potro needed exactly two hours to win 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 against sixth-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain.

Del Potro won back-to-back Basel titles in 2012 and '13, both times beating Roger Federer in the final.

Federer, top-seeded again at his hometown event, played later Friday against Adrian Mannarino of France.

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