Overnight Tennis Desk

Daniil Medvedev beat Tommy Paul 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 in Friday's Shanghai Masters quarterfinals. He recovered from a second-set dip to reach the tournament's semifinals for the third time.

Rafael Jodar defeated Casper Ruud 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, becoming the youngest semifinalist in Shanghai tournament history. The 20-year-old broke Ruud's serve five times in the final 2 sets. It was his fourth consecutive comeback victory from a set down at this event.

Iga Swiatek beat Ann Li 6-4, 6-1 to reach her first Wuhan Open semifinal. She won 7 of the final 8 games to complete the victory. Maja Chwalinska defeated Maria Sakkari 6-0, 3-6, 7-5 to join her in the last 4.

Sonay Kartal defeated Elina Svitolina 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 to reach her first WTA 1000 semifinal. She converted her first break point of the deciding set to clinch the match.

Alexander Zverev faces Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in Saturday's first Shanghai singles semifinal. The match starts no earlier than 4:30 p.m. China Standard Time. Jodar faces Medvedev in the second singles semifinal, starting no earlier than 7 p.m. China Standard Time.

In Wuhan, Kartal faces Jelena Ostapenko in Saturday's first semifinal. Swiatek meets Chwalinska in the second, the Open Era's first all-Polish WTA Tour semifinal. The Polish players were junior doubles partners and reached the 2017 Australian Open girls' doubles final.

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