Taylor Fritz blasted his way to the semifinals at the National Bank Open presented by Rogers. The hard-serving No. 2 seed from the United States topped No. 6 Andrey Rublev of Russia 6-3, 7-6 (4) on Tuesday at Sobeys Stadium.

World no. 4 Taylor Fritz will compete in his seventh Masters 1000 semi-final in Toronto. The American faced Andrey Rublev for the tenth time in the quarter-final and earned a 6-3, 7-6 victory in an hour and 21 minutes.