Tennis: Lehečka reaches first Masters semi-final after Medvedev retires

Czech tennis player Jiří Lehečka has advanced to his maiden ATP Masters 1000 semi-final in Madrid, after Daniil Medvedev retired from the couple’s last-eight clash on Thursday evening due to groin injury.

The quarter-final match ended after won the opening set 6-4. The 30th-seeded Czech, who previously knocked out Rafael Nadal, will face unseeded Felix Auger-Aliassime in the semi-finals on Friday.

Author: Ruth Fraňková